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'Remove the dictator Xi Jinping': Images show rare protest in Beijing

Despite online censorship, photos and videos shared online show a rare protest against the Chinese government in Beijing. The dramatic demonstration took place on a highway bridge on October 13, just days before the 20th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party convenes. The protest seems to have been initiated by…

France 24

Xi’s power in China grows after unforeseen rise to dominance

When Xi Jinping came to power in 2012, it wasn’t clear what kind of leader he would be

The Independent UK

Zero-Covid in China Key to Xi Legacy as He Eyes Third Term

For many in China, years of grueling lockdowns and privacy invasions aimed at extinguishing Covid have caused misery. For President Xi Jinping, the virus curbs are a triumph, AFP said. His zero-tolerance approach to Covid has become synonymous with the efforts to cement his authority over China and its ruling…

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‘We all saw it’: anti-Xi Jinping protest electrifies Chinese internet

Scramble to censor posts about Sitong bridge incident in Beijing where defiant banners were hung and a fire lit in lead-up to Communist party congress

The Guardian - UK

Protest against Xi Jinping and Covid-zero policy in China: Why it's significant

NEW DELHI: It does not happen very often in China, especially since Xi Jinping has become the president. So, it must have surprised police and administration in China when banners criticizing Xi Jinping's strict "Covid Zero" policy and the Communist leadership were hung from a busy intersection in Beijing.

The Times of India

Analysis: Does China’s ‘palace diplomacy’ benefit Africa or Beijing?

China’s practice of gifting million-dollar buildings to governments across Africa is under renewed scrutiny.

Al Jazeera

Dissidents in China detained and harassed as Beijing prepares for party congress

Government critics and activists intimidated by police ahead of Sunday’s Communist party meeting, where Xi Jinping is expected to gain third term

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China Probes Its Neighbors’ Defenses as Regional Tensions Rise

Beijing has territorial claims against Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan and is using “salami-slicing” military and economic tactics in its efforts to assume control of the strategically important areas.

The News Lens

Xi set to open party congress at challenging time for China

Chinese President Xi Jinping will take the stage on Sunday to kick off a historic congress of the ruling Communist Party, where he is poised to win a third term that solidifies his place as China's most powerful ruler since Mao Zedong.

Reuters

China's zero-COVID policies save lives - but not livelihoods

China's ultra-strict COVID-19 curbs are taking a toll on businesses and jobseekers as Beijing stresses again and again the need to maintain its zero-tolerance approach to the virus, to save lives, if not livelihoods.

Reuters

As China doubles down on ‘zero-COVID’, some have had enough

The digital tools for tackling the virus are intruding deeply into people’s lives, but there is no sign of a relaxation.

Al Jazeera

Will Xi Jinping be in charge of China forever?

In the Chinese Communist Party's 20th National Congress, which begins in Beijing on Sunday, President Xi Jinping is expected to be confirmed as president-for-life. If that actually happens, China's ascent to genuine superpower status will be at least delayed. At worst (from the Chinese perspective), it may not happen at…

Bangkok Post

How to Avoid a War Over Taiwan

Threats, assurances, and effective deterrence.

Foreign Affairs

China: Rare protest breaks out against Xi Jinping ahead of Communist Party congress

A rare protest took place in Beijing against Xi Jinping and Covid restrictions on Thursday just days before the Communist Party congress.

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Police deny there was a rare showing of political protest banners against Xi Jinping in Beijing

The banners call for the overthrow of Communist Party leader and President Xi Jinping and are removed during a sensitive time as Beijing prepares for the 20th congress of the ruling party.

WEKU

A rare protest in Beijing calls for change ahead of a key Communist Party meeting

Online images showed banners that demanded "votes not leaders, dignity not lies" and urged students and workers to strike. Censors quickly scrubbed social media posts of the protest.

Bangkok Post

Political protest banners removed in Beijing

BEIJING: Beijing authorities removed rare banners of political protest from an overpass in the Chinese capital, according to images circulated widely on social media on Thursday, just days before the start of a twice-in-a-decade Communist Party congress.

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Japanese man returns home after 6 years in Chinese jail

BEIJING -- A Japanese man arrested in China on charges of spying has finished his six-year prison sentence and returned to Japan on Tuesday.

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The Independent UK

China quashes social media about protest banners in Beijing

China’s internet censors have moved quickly to scrub social media posts after reports that banners criticizing the Communist leadership were hung from a busy intersection in Beijing

WEKU

China's major party congress is set to grant Xi Jinping a 3rd term. And that's not all

China's ruling party kicks off a national congress on Sunday in which Xi Jinping is expected to secure a third term as party boss and chief of the military.

Reuters

Rare protest banners removed in Chinese capital

Beijing authorities removed rare banners of political protest from an overpass in the Chinese capital, according to images circulated widely on social media on Thursday, just days before the start of a twice-in-a-decade Communist Party congress.

Al Jazeera

US and Philippine forces conduct live-fire coastal combat drills

Officials say the military drills are not directed at any country, though they come at a time of tension with China.

The Guardian - UK

Anti-CCP protest and lockdown fears fuel China tensions before congress

Images show banners emblazoned with protest messages hanging from overpass on major road in Beijing

The Independent UK

US firepower showcased in Philippine joint combat drills

Truck-mounted launchers blasted off rockets and U.S. stealth fighter jets streaked across the northern Philippine sky in a combat drill that marked the latest display of American firepower in a region where Washington has tried to deter what it warns as China’s growing aggression

France 24

Why semiconductors are central to world economy, geopolitics

The Chinese Communist Party Congress opens in Beijing on October 16, a week after Washington imposed tight restrictions on exports of invaluable semiconductor technology to China in a bid to stop it from surpassing the US economically and militarily. As semiconductors emerge as a key battleground, FRANCE 24 spoke to…

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