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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

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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.

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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

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

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

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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

Daily Mirror

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…

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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

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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

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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

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.

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China's COVID storm

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

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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.

Bangkok Post

Protest against Covid-19 lockdown after fire kills 10 in Xinjiang

A deadly fire in an apartment building in China’s far western region of Xinjiang set off an outpouring of anger online and street protest in the region’s capital Friday, with residents calling for the lifting of lockdowns that have confined many to their homes for more than three months.

Tribune News Service

Xi resumes in-person summits despite COVID-19 spike in Beijing

A maskless President Xi Jinping met Cuban counterpart Miguel Diaz-Canel in Beijing, resuming his flurry of in-person summits even as a record COVID-19 surge fanned lockdown fears in the Chinese capital.

Tribune News Service

US bans Huawei, ZTE telecom equipment on data-security risk

Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp. were banned from selling electronics in the US by regulators who say they pose a security risk, continuing a years-long effort to limit the reach of Chinese telecommunications companies into US networks.

Reuters

China's Xi, in message to North Korea's Kim, says willing to work together for regional, global stability -KCNA

Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that China would be willing to work together with North Korea for regional and global peace, stability and prosperity, North Korea's state media KCNA reported on Saturday, citing Xi's letter to Kim.

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