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Chinese users play cat-and-mouse with censors amid protests

Word of anti-lockdown protests in China spread on domestic social media for a short period last weekend, thanks to a rare pause in the cat-and-mouse game that goes on between millions of Chinese internet users and the country’s gargantuan censorship machine

The Independent UK

Analysis: Under Jiang, China projected a more open image

With his death, former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin leaves behind a very different China than the one he tried to shape

The Independent UK

China’s vice-premier signals shift in Covid stance as some lockdowns eased

Sun Chunlan says Omicron less pathogenic as Beijing appears to respond to protests

The Guardian - AU

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Australian defence chief warns of rise in ‘grey-zone activities’ in Indo-Pacific region amid China tensions

Gen Angus Campbell declares Australia and Japan are bound together by ‘increasingly shared strategic challenges’

The Guardian - AU

President Xi Jinping: Who could replace him and what might it mean for the world

Disapproval of the leader is spreading as the population becomes angered by China's strict zero-Covid policy

Wales Online

Protests in China are not rare -- but the current unrest is significant

Street protests across China have evoked memories of the Tiananmen Square demonstrations that were brutally quashed in 1989. Indeed, foreign media have suggested the current unrest sweeping cities across China is unlike anything seen in the country since that time.

The Conversation

China softens COVID stance after protests, clashes with police

Vice Premier Sun Chunlan, who oversees COVID response, says the virus’s ability to cause disease has weakened.

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Covid restrictions lifted in Guangzhou and Chongqing after China protests

Announcements ordered the removal of ‘control orders’ and to designate areas as low risk

The Guardian - UK

Not over yet? Fresh blowback against China's zero-Covid policy

Last week's surprise burst of protests across China seemed to subside as quickly as they erupted. But overnight clashes have broken out in the southern port city of Guangzhou. Social media images from the megacity's Haizhu district include the sound of glass breaking and shouting, with arrests following. The clashes…

France 24

The Guardian view on the future of China’s unrest: more complex than it seems

Editorial: A binary reading of these remarkable zero-Covid protests does not help anyone understand their significance

The Guardian - UK

Xi Jinping in His Own Words

What China’s leader wants—and how to stop him from getting it.

Foreign Affairs

Pro-democracy movement unites Chinese Australians as community speaks out against zero-COVID policy

Hundreds of protesters from Australia's Chinese community turned out in solidarity with those in China, the majority were Han Chinese people — the largest ethnic group in mainland China.

ABC News

Western leaders are divided over the future of relations with China

European Council president Charles Michel heads to Beijing on December 1, the latest in a procession of western leaders to seek an audience with Xi Jinping, in a year when the Chinese president has cemented his position as the country’s most powerful leader since Mao Zedong.

The Conversation

Jiang Zemin, former president who guided China's rise, dies at 96

Jiang Zemin, the unlikely former leader who stewarded China through groundbreaking economic reforms and served as a bridge between the country's strongman era and a more consensus-driven government, has died. He was 96.

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The Guardian - UK

Zero Covid can’t continue in China. Reopening is the only way to quell public anger

Local officials have doubled down on the severe restrictions that has already caused so much economic damage, says Yu Jie of Chatham House

Daily Mirror

China to quadruple stockpile of world-ending nuclear bombs in just over a decade

The report builds on the military's warning last year that China is expanding its nuclear force much faster than US officials had predicted - Beijing wants to match or surpass US global power by mid-century

The Guardian - UK

‘People want to live’: views from China on the Covid lockdown protests

Four people give their take on the protests against China’s zero-Covid policy

Radio France Internationale

EU chief Charles Michel heads to China amid Covid protests crackdown

European Council President Charles Michel is in Beijing to discuss global challenges with Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is facing historic protests in major cities against Covid restrictions.

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‘End of an Era’: Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin Dies at 96

Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin, who led the country for a decade of rapid economic growth after the Tiananmen crackdown in 1989, died on Wednesday at the age of 96, Chinese state media reported. Jiang died in his home city of Shanghai just after noon on Wednesday of leukemia and…

Reuters

Saudi Arabia to host China-Arab summit during Xi visit, sources say

Saudi Arabia plans to host a Chinese-Arab summit on Dec. 9 attended by Chinese President Xi Jinping during his visit to the kingdom, three Arab diplomats in the region familiar with the plans said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Excitement, defiance for young Chinese in COVID 'tipping point' protests

When Yang, a Shanghai office worker, saw video clips of a burning building in western China, a disaster in which 10 people were killed, she said she could not contain her anger over tough COVID-19 measures three years into the pandemic.

Boston Herald

Editorial: The world needs another Tiananmen Square hero

History will never forget a Chinese man who stood alone to block a line of tanks in Tiananmen Square.

Reuters

Overseas Chinese step up protests as calls mount for change

From Sydney to Toronto, mainland Chinese have stepped up protests this week, with demands to end the world's most stringent COVID-19 restrictions evolving into calls to "free China" and for President Xi Jinping to step down.

WEKU

China's ex-leader Jiang Zemin, an influential reformer, has died at 96

Jiang Zemin rose to power in the aftermath of the Tiananmen Square protests and leaves a legacy of economic reforms — but also tight political control.

The Independent UK

Chinese vaccine plans spark hope for end of 'zero COVID'

A campaign to vaccinate older Chinese has sparked hopes Beijing might roll back severe anti-virus controls that prompted angry protesters to demand President Xi Jinping resign

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