Chongqing Residents Say City Is Experiencing a Wave of Illness and Death

‘But you don’t see any media report on it,’ a resident said.

Parents with children suffering from respiratory diseases line up at a children's hospital in Chongqing, China, on Nov. 23, 2023. CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images

Chongqing, the fourth largest Chinese city by urban population with about 16 million residents has experienced a renewed wave of illness with residents—unable to access information they trust—reporting crowded funeral homes, instances of sudden death, and pediatric clinics flooded with patients.

“But you don’t see any media report on it,” a resident told the Chinese language edition of The Epoch Times.