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Digital services push for NZ-China trade as Covid effects continue

With NZ's services exports to the superpower down almost 70 percent, a new report says a rebound remains likely but change could still be needed.

Newsroom.co.nz

China moves to curb rare, nationwide protests

Shanghai (AFP) - Chinese security forces on Monday filled the streets of Beijing and Shanghai following online calls for another night of protests to demand political freedoms and an end to Covid lockdowns.

AFP

U.S. backs right to peaceful protests in China over COVID restrictions

The United States backs the right of people to peacefully protest in China, the White House said on Monday, but stopped short of criticizing Beijing as protesters in multiple Chinese cities have demonstrated against heavy COVID-19 measures.

Reuters

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Oil Stocks Bounce As China Concerns Ease

Oil stocks and prices bounced Tuesday as China moved to ease concerns over its strict zero-Covid policy.

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'We Want Freedom': Chinese Protests Reflect Frustration With Country's Continuing COVID Restrictions

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Reason

Dow Jones Falls As China Covid Protests Spread; Oil Prices Hit 2022 Low

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell Monday, as protests spread in China due to President Xi Jinping's zero-tolerance approach to Covid-19.

Investors Business Daily

China state TV is editing maskless fans out of its World Cup coverage

Footage of maskless World Cup fans streaming into Qatar from all corners of the world is putting China’s zero-COVID policy in a bind.

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China censors maskless crowd footage in World Cup broadcasts

As protesters in Chinese cities rage against Xi Jinping’s zero-Covid policy, TV feeds are edited to avoid crowd scenes

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Shanghai protests over zero-Covid policy spark clashes

Beijing, Chengdu and Wuhan are also rocked by demonstrations as anger over restrictions builds. Plus: could ‘cloud brightening’ slow Arctic thawing?

The Guardian - UK

Equities, oil prices slide on China unrest

London (AFP) - Stocks and oil prices fell Monday on concerns about protests across China calling for political freedoms and an end to the government's hardline zero-Covid policy, fuelling uncertainty in the world's number-two economy.

AFP

Beijing maintains zero-COVID policies despite unprecedented protests

State media continued to praise zero-COVID measures on Monday, signaling no change in official policy.

Axios

Chinese take to the streets over ongoing COVID lockdowns

China President Xi Jinping is under unprecedented pressure amid protests against the nation's COVID-zero policy.

The New Daily

China faces dilemma in unwinding zero-COVID

China is facing an increasingly precarious situation as new COVID cases soar and population seems to be hitting a breaking point with stringent zero-tolerance policies.

Axios

China's protests over lockdowns spread to campuses and communities abroad

Protests against China's strict zero-COVID policy and restrictions on freedoms have spread to at least a dozen cities around the world in a show of solidarity with rare displays of defiance in China over the weekend.

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AFP

China protests speak to deep political frustrations

Beijing (AFP) - Protests spreading in China have been catalysed by fury at the government's hardline zero-Covid policies but have also exposed deep-rooted frustration against the country's wider political system.

The Conversation

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.

AFP

Equities and crude drop as China hit by protests

Hong Kong (AFP) - Stocks and oil prices sank Monday on concerns about protests across China calling for political freedoms and an end to the government's hardline zero-Covid policy, fuelling uncertainty in the world's number-two economy.

The Independent UK

China's Xi faces public anger over draconian 'zero COVID'

Barely a month after granting himself a third five-year term as China's leader, Xi Jinping is facing a wave of public anger over his draconian “zero COVID" policy

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The Independent UK

China affirms zero-COVID stance, eases rules after protests

Chinese authorities have eased anti-virus rules in scattered areas but affirmed their severe “zero-COVID” strategy after crowds demanded President Xi Jinping resign during protests against controls that confine millions of people to their homes

AFP

Asian markets, crude drop on China protests

Evening Standard

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.

The News Lens

Nationwide Protests in China Call For Easing Covid Curbs

Protesters are demanding the easing of Covid-19 restrictions in Beijing and Shanghai. People also took to the streets in the northwestern Xinjiang region after deaths in an apartment fire were blamed on lockdowns.

The Guardian - AU

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 Independent UK

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AFP

Wordplay, blank signs, music: how China is protesting zero-Covid

Beijing (AFP) - Holding up blank pieces of paper, co-opting the national anthem, complicated wordplays: protesters in China are devising a myriad of creative ways to voice dissent against the government and its zero-Covid policy.

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