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Amid protests over lockdowns, Goldman Sachs warns that China's COVID-zero exit may be ‘forced and disorderly’

“The central government may soon need to choose between more lockdowns and more COVID outbreaks,” Goldman Sachs wrote on Sunday.

Fortune

Xi Jinping hit by ‘extraordinary’ civil unrest over zero China’s Covid policy

Xi Jinping has been hit by “extraordinary” civil unrest in China driven by “fear, fatigue and anger” over his zero Covid policy and lockdown restrictions.

Evening Standard

How Chinese media have – and haven’t – covered widespread protests against zero-Covid

State-run media outlets largely ignore nationwide protests, but continue to push the importance of Covid restrictions

The Guardian - AU

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BBC journalist ‘assaulted, detained’ while covering protest in Shanghai

A BBC journalist was allegedly assaulted and detained while covering a protest in Shanghai yesterday. The journalist, Ed Lawrence, works for BBC’s China bureau.

Newslaundry

China Covid protests explained: why are people demonstrating and what will happen next?

Growing frustration with Beijing’s strict zero-Covid policy sparks a wave of protests, with blank pieces of white A4 paper becoming a symbol of the movement

The Guardian - AU

China’s COVID protesters, censors play cat-and-mouse game online

Chinese censors are scrambling to scrub references to protest codewords and demonstration hotspots like Xinjiang.

Al Jazeera

Man's agony after 5 relatives died in Covid policy-linked Urumqi fire

BEIJING: When a deadly fire broke out in China's northwest Xinjiang region, triggering a wave of public anger over the country's zero-Covid policy, Abdulhafiz Maimaitimin initially could not believe that it claimed five of his relatives' lives.

Bangkok Post

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BBC cameraman reporting on China Covid-19 protests ‘beaten and kicked by police’

Edward Lawrence was arrested on Sunday, with the BBC saying it was 'very concerned'

Wales Online

Protesters are rallying against China's COVID-19 lockdowns in cities across the country. Here's what started the movement

The show of civil disobedience among Chinese citizens, which appears to be gaining momentum, is being labelled as "extraordinary".

ABC News

China tightens security after rare protests against COVID curbs

Police on Monday stopped and searched people at the sites of weekend protests in Shanghai and Beijing, after crowds there and in other Chinese cities demonstrated against stringent COVID-19 measures disrupting lives three years into the pandemic.

Reuters

Clashes in Shanghai as protests over zero-Covid policy grip China

Beijing, Chengdu and Wuhan see demonstrations as anger over Xi Jinping’s strict Covid policies builds, in a test for the Communist party

The Guardian - AU

Westlife halt Newcastle gig for fan to share emotional Covid survival story

Westlife paused the second of their gigs in Newcastle at the weekend to speak to a fan in the front row at the Utilita Arena

Chronicle Live

Australian retail sales suffer first fall of 2022 as inflation bites, ASX lower

Australian retail sales suffered their first fall of 2022 in October as rising prices and higher interest rates finally seemed to have an impact on spending, a surprisingly soft result that suggests tighter policy is working as intended.

ABC News

Matt Hancock faces furious calls for him to quit as MP as Jill Scott wins I'm A Celeb

Matt Hancock came third on I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here behind soap star Owen Warner, and the winner, footballer Jill Scott

Daily Mirror

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Daily Mirror

'Matt Hancock ran another well-executed election campaign as he knows how to win votes'

Matt Hancock, MP for West Suffolk, came third place in this year's I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! despite breaking his own social distancing rules during the Covid pandemic

ABC News

A new generation of COVID-19 vaccine, or running out of steam? Here's how experts see the pandemic ending

Will it end with a new generation, a future-proof vaccine or will the virus keep mutating until it eventually runs out of steam?

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Liberals search for lessons in defeat, Covid protests rock China, rural roads in ruin

In today’s newsletter: recriminations and a search for explanations as Coalition rues Victorian result, ‘Greenslide’ fails to appear, deadly fire triggers civil disobedience

The Conversation

Research suggests one way to prevent depression and anxiety is a strong sense of connection at high school

About one in five young Australians will experience a mental health problem like depression or anxiety each year. The COVID pandemic has only intensified mental health concerns in young people.

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The Conversation

COVID nasal sprays may one day prevent and treat infection. Here's where the science is up to

We have vaccines to boost our immune response to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID. We have medicines you can take at home (and in hospital) to treat COVID. Now researchers are trialling something new.

The Guardian - UK

We need a public inquiry into profiteering on PPE

Letters: Readers respond to the Guardian’s revelations about the Conservative peer Michelle Mone and PPE Medpro

Manchester Evening News

I was forced to turn to foodbanks after being made redundant - now I help feed others with dignity and respect

Lewey Hellewell founded Humans MCR after his own 'undignifed' experiences of food banks

The Guardian - UK

Xi unlikely to tolerate dissent as momentous protests shake China

Chinese leader will see widespread demonstrations against zero-Covid policy as threat to CCP’s authority

Daily Mirror

Cash lost to Covid fraud and error could pay every police officer in Britain

Labour slammed the estimated £6.7billion during Rishi Sunak's time as Chancellor - just as a Tory minister complained there "simply isn't the money" for proper pay rises

Newsroom.co.nz

New Zealand says Xin Chao to trade with Vietnam

What do closer trade ties with Vietnam mean for New Zealand?

Irish Mirror

Polish worker fails in discrimination action against Department of Health over 'expensive' Covid-19 tests

The allegation was rejected by lawyers representing the department

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