If possible put a small amount of gas into the intake and see if it will start and keep running or run and then die. If it has a primer can you see it push fuel into the carb venturi when pumped. Sounds like something is possible clogging the fuel jet in the carb, but could be related to other issues so let us know.
And people need to stop treating those chinese honda clone engines as there own separate item. If you have a briggs, honda, kohler, kawasaki engine then they are treated as a separate piece of equipment for repairs, the Loncin, Rato, Power more, and some of the LCT engines are part of the piece of equipment and parts are sold thought the equipment manufacturer and not the engine manufacturer. The powermore engine is a MTD engine, the LCT on a Husqvarna product is a Husqvarna engine, a Loncin engine on a Toro is a Toro engine. The Loncin or Rato on a Generac is a Generac engine.