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Chinese state TV alter World Cup coverage to censor fans amid furious Covid protests

Protests have been held in China over the return of strict Covid-19 laws amid a rise in cases in the country, with lockdowns and quarantines reintroduced and the public being encouraged to engage in mass testing

Daily Mirror · Nov 28, 2022

Protests against strict COVID-zero policy are sweeping China. It's anyone's guess what happens now

Public protests in China related to the government’s COVID-19 restrictions have hit the news worldwide over the weekend, following a fatal apartment fire in Urumqi, Xinjiang last week which killed ten people.

The Conversation · Nov 28, 2022

Swiss journalist approached by Chinese police live on air

A correspondent for Switzerland's national broadcaster RTS was approached by police while reporting live from China on the protests that have erupted against the country's strict COVID policy.

Reuters · Nov 28, 2022

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 · Nov 28, 2022

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 · Nov 28, 2022

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 · Nov 28, 2022

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 · Nov 28, 2022

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 · Nov 28, 2022

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 · Nov 28, 2022

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 · Nov 28, 2022