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China COVID protests die down, but policy resentment remains

Beijing flooded streets with police and security personnel while tweaking COVID response after rare nationwide protests.

Al Jazeera · Nov 30, 2022

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 · Nov 28, 2022

China protests spread, reports of clashes with police in Shanghai

The latest demonstrations are unprecedented in mainland China since President Xi Jinping took power a decade ago.

Al Jazeera · Nov 28, 2022

China's 20th Communist Party Congress: What you need to know

China's 20th Communist Party Congress began on Sunday, with Xi Jinping poised to clinch his third five-year stint in charge - a mandate that would secure him as the country's most powerful ruler since founding leader Mao Zedong.

Reuters · Oct 18, 2022

For China's women, this week's Congress is unlikely to mean progress

As Xi Jinping consolidates power at China's 20th Communist Party Congress this week, Chinese women are not holding their breath for progress in gender equality.

Reuters · Oct 17, 2022

Factbox-Key Xi quotes at China's 20th Communist Party Congress

Here are key quotes from President Xi Jinping's speech on Sunday opening the 20th congress of China's ruling Communist Party, a week-long event where he is widely expected to win a third leadership term and cement his place as the country's most powerful ruler since Mao Zedong.

Reuters · Oct 16, 2022

China's 20th Communist Party Congress: What you need to know

China's 20th Communist Party Congress kicks off on Sunday, with Xi Jinping widely expected to clinch his third five-year stint in charge - a mandate that would secure his stature as the country's most powerful ruler since founding leader Mao Zedong.

Reuters · Oct 13, 2022

Ding Xuexiang: from Shanghai party cadre to Xi gatekeeper

When Xi Jinping left China for the first time in more than two years to visit Central Asia last month, his entourage included a familiar face from domestic trips.

Reuters · Oct 11, 2022

Here to stay? China's cityscapes transformed by thousands of COVID test booths

A thousand days since the World Health Organization (WHO) was told of a "viral pneumonia" in central China, many countries have returned to pre-COVID-19 life. Not so China itself - in cities big or small, routine PCR testing is the new normal.

Reuters · Sep 26, 2022

After long drought, China plots ambitious water infrastructure push

After a record heatwave parched large areas of the Yangtze basin, Chinese provinces are planning to spend billions of dollars on new water infrastructure as they try to fend off the growing impact of extreme weather on agriculture and hydropower.

Reuters · Sep 1, 2022