The Latest Breaking News from Xi Jinping

No easy exit from 'zero-Covid'

Following a deadly fire in a residential building in China's Xinjiang region -- which many blame on Covid-19 lockdowns -- Chinese protesters have taken to the streets to demand an end to stringent pandemic restrictions. Even before the protests erupted, there were signs that President Xi Jinping's administration was preparing…

Bangkok Post · Nov 29, 2022

Chinese protests are about more than COVID – student discontent has fuelled the biggest movement since Tiananmen Square

Protests have erupted across China, initially in response to the deaths of ten people in a fire in an apartment block in Xinjiang in the country’s northwest. The demonstrations represent the biggest expression of public unrest since the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy movement was savagely crushed.

The Conversation · Nov 29, 2022

1 China Stock to Buy Right Now and 1 to Avoid

Despite the rising Covid-cases, increasing restrictions, and political unrest in China, fundamentally strong Chinese stock Tarena International (TEDU) might be worth buying. However, GDS Holdings (GDS) might be best avoided considering its bleak fundamentals. Keep reading.

StockNews.com · Nov 29, 2022

The Lowry Hotel battles back from £3m Covid losses to return to profit

The hotel's famous guests have included Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Cristiano Ronaldo and Chinese President Xi Jinping

Manchester Evening News · Nov 29, 2022

China ready for 'closer partnership' with Russia in energy

President Xi Jinping says China is ready to “forge closer partnership” with Russia in energy

The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2022

Is China ready to lead on protecting nature? At the upcoming UN biodiversity conference, it will preside and set the tone

As the world parses what was achieved at the U.N. climate change conference in Egypt, negotiators are convening in Montreal to set goals for curbing Earth’s other crisis: loss of living species.

The Conversation · Nov 29, 2022

MPs to visit Taiwan amid heightened tensions

The trip is likely to anger Beijing, which cut some diplomatic ties with the US after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to the self-ruling island.

The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2022

China to accelerate push to vaccinate elderly against Covid-19 amid protests

Lawrence Young, a virologist and Professor of Molecular Oncology at the University of Warwick, told the Standard that China is in a ‘terrible dilemma’

Evening Standard · Nov 29, 2022

Chinese universities send students home in an effort to prevent more protests

Chinese universities are sending students home as the ruling Communist Party tightens anti-virus controls and tries to prevent more protests by crowds angered by its severe "zero COVID" restrictions.

WEKU · Nov 29, 2022

China: Police crack down on protests after demonstrators call on President Xi Jinping to quit

Xi Jingpeng is facing his toughest show of public defiance since becoming president of China

Evening Standard · Nov 29, 2022