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What people are saying about the COVID-19 protests in China

Residents in some major Chinese cities took to the streets at the weekend to protest strict zero COVID-19 restrictions, some calling for President Xi Jinping to step down in scenes unprecedented since Xi assumed power a decade ago.

Reuters

China’s COVID-19 protests: What we know so far

People have gathered in at least eight Chinese cities in a sign of the growing anger at Beijing’s zero-COVID strategy.

Al Jazeera

Asian markets, crude drop on China unrest

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.

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Asian markets, crude drop on China Covid unrest

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

AFP

China censors rare, nationwide protests

Shanghai (AFP) - China's censors were working Monday to extinguish signs of rare, social media-driven protests that flared across major cities over the weekend calling for political freedoms and an end to Covid lockdowns.

AFP

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

China’s protests against zero-COVID reveal a nation at breaking point

Numerous protests have erupted throughout China in response to the government’s zero-COVID policy. How will Xi Jinping respond?

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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

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 Guardian - AU

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

The Guardian - UK

China: Protests against strict Covid measures after fire kills ten

More protests erupted across China over the weekend as citizens took the streets in a rare display of defiance over Xi Jinping’s strict Covid restrictions. Public fury forced authorities in the far western Xinjiang region to open up parts of the capital Urumqi, which has been subject to a punishing…

Evening Standard

‘We want freedom!’: More protests break out in China over Covid restrictions

The protest was triggered by the deaths of ten people in a fire at a high-rise apartment block on Thursday

Evening Standard

Protests of strict lockdown hit Shanghai, other China cities

A protest against China’s strict “zero-COVID” policies resurfaced in Shanghai on Sunday afternoon even after police cleared away hundreds of demonstrators in the early morning with force and pepper spray

The Independent UK

Thousands take to streets as protests sweep China against restrictive Covid lockdowns

Thousands have taken to the streets to protest China's repressive zero-Covid policy that has seen swathes of some regions in lockdown since August whilst the rest of the world carries on as normal

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Anger Spreads Across China over COVID Measures

Protests against China's heavy COVID-19 curbs spread to more cities, including the financial hub Shanghai on Sunday, nearly three years into the pandemic, with a fresh wave of anger sparked by a deadly fire in the country's far west. The fire on Thursday that killed 10 people in a high-rise…

The Guardian - UK

Xi’s iron grip on his country is stopping the Covid U-turn it so desperately needs

As the rest of the world breaks free of the virus, China has doubled down on draconian measures

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on Britain’s feeble response to China’s assault on human rights

Xi Jinping’s repressive policy on dissent in the former colony is starting to resemble a vendetta as Jimmy Lai faces a new trial

The Guardian - UK

Anti-lockdown protests spread in China as anger rises over zero-Covid strategy

Beijing students shout ‘freedom will prevail’, as Urumqi fire prompts levels of disobedience unprecedented in Xi era

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Reuters

Clashes in Shanghai as COVID protests flare across China

Hundreds of demonstrators and police clashed in Shanghai on Sunday night as protests over China's stringent COVID restrictions flared for a third day and spread to several cities in the wake of a deadly fire in the country's far west.

Axios

China's COVID storm

China reported a record number of infections this week, amid lockdowns and mass testing that are fueling unrest.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Xi Tells Kim China Willing to Work with N.Korea for 'World Peace'

Chinese President Xi Jinping told North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that Beijing was willing to work with Pyongyang for world peace, North Korean state media said Saturday. The message from Xi came days after North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile in one of its most powerful tests yet,…

Bangkok Post

US toughens ban on Huawei and ZTE

WASHINGTON: The US government has banned the sale of new telecommunications equipment made by the Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE, as well as video surveillance equipment from some other companies, citing national security risks.

Al Jazeera

Xi tells Kim China wants to work with North Korea for peace: KCNA

Xi sends message to Kim amid an unprecedented number of missile tests by North Korea.

AFP

Former China football coach Li Tie under investigation

Beijing (AFP) - Chinese authorities said Saturday they have launched an investigation into former national men's football coach Li Tie, with the ex-Premier League player suspected of "serious violations of the law".

AFP

Xi tells Kim China willing to work with N.Korea for 'world peace': KCNA

Seoul (AFP) - Chinese President Xi Jinping told North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that Beijing was willing to work with Pyongyang for world peace, North Korean state media said Saturday.

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