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UAW calls on automakers to move supply chain out of Xinjiang region

The United Auto Workers (UAW) union called on automakers to shift their entire supply chain out of China's Xinjiang region after a new report on Tuesday suggests that nearly every major automaker has significant exposure to products made with forced labor.

Reuters

Chinese economic growth may never recover from COVID – here's why

Many countries have had to navigate the balancing act of keeping the economy alive versus protecting citizens from COVID in recent years. In China, patience with its zero-COVID policy – one of the world’s toughest strategies for dealing with the pandemic – are wearing thin among workers and students. Sporadic…

The Conversation

'Colonial' China accused of depriving Tibetans of their own language, education

Much of Western criticism of China focuses on the vast collection of "re-education" centers in Xinjiang. Predominantly focused on Muslim minorities, these centres have resulted in the incarceration of thousands of Uyghurs who are forced to study Chinese language and culture. The system, however, was first tested in Tibet.

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Chinese residing in Australia reveal why they are giving up citizenship of their homeland — or why they don't want to

Increasingly oppressive policies are prompting some Chinese people to consider taking up Australian citizenship. It's a difficult decision, with practical and emotional considerations.

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China's 'white paper' protest movement echoes freedom struggles across Asia and the world

If there was a single trigger for the “white paper” uprising that has been sweeping China over the past few days, it was events in Ürümchi, the capital of Xinjiang province. Xinjiang’s lockdown has been the most severe in China, with many residents unable to leave their homes for nearly…

The Conversation

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

China Cities under Heavy Policing after Protests

China's major cities of Beijing and Shanghai were blanketed with security on Tuesday in the wake of nationwide rallies calling for political freedoms and an end to Covid lockdowns. The country's leadership faced a weekend of protests not seen in decades, as anger over unrelenting lockdowns fuels deep-rooted frustration with…

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Evidence grows of forced labour and slavery in production of solar panels, wind turbines

A ‘certificate of origin’ scheme could counter concerns about renewables supply chains, says Clean Energy Council

The Guardian - AU

Zero-Covid protests are spreading across China – but a violent crackdown will follow

From Xinjiang to Shanghai and Beijing, protests are creating a rare sense of unity that Xi Jinping cannot afford to allow, says James McMurray of the University of Sussex

The Guardian - UK

How a 'forgotten,' 110-day lockdown sparked China's nationwide COVID protests

A deadly fire in a region locked down since August ignited rare demonstrations of dissent across China.

Fortune

Cold Snap in Northwest China Leaves Livestock Trapped and Herdsmen Missing

Pandemic restrictions likely added to difficulties for herdsmen, Caixin has learned

Caixin Global

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.

Reuters

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.

The Conversation

Türkiye Demands that China Clarify Circumstances of Fire in Xinjiang

Türkiye demanded that China clarify the circumstances of the deadly fire that broke out in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, killing ten people. "We are deeply saddened to learn that a fire which broke out in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China,…

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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.

Al Jazeera

China’s COVID protesters, censors play cat-and-mouse game online

Chinese censors are scrambling to scrub references to protest codewords and demonstration hotspots like Xinjiang.

Bangkok Post

Man's agony after 5 relatives died in Covid policy-linked Urumqi fire

BEIJING: When a deadly fire broke out in China's northwest Xinjiang region, triggering a wave of public anger over the country's zero-Covid policy, Abdulhafiz Maimaitimin initially could not believe that it claimed five of his relatives' lives.

Evening Standard

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…

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Daily Mirror

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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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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Anti-Covid protests in China triggered by deadly fire

Police used pepper spray to stop around 300 protesters who had gathered in Shanghai

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Protesters are so upset with China's COVID rules, some are openly saying Xi should go

Residents held extraordinary late-night demonstrations against Urumqi's draconian "zero-COVID" lockdown after an apartment fire killed 10.

The Independent UK

Xinjiang loosens some restrictions after lockdown protests

Authorities in China’s western Xinjiang region have opened up some neighborhoods in the capital of Urumqi after residents held extraordinary late-night demonstrations against the city’s draconian “zero-COVID” lockdown that had lasted more than three months

The Times of India

Huge Covid protests erupt in China's Xinjiang after deadly fire

Crowds shouting at hazmat-suited guards after a deadly fire triggered anger over their prolonged Covid-19 lockdown as nationwide infections set another record.

Reuters

Apartment fire in China's Xinjiang region kills 10

An apartment fire on Thursday in the western Chinese region of Xinjiang killed 10 people and injured nine, state broadcaster CCTV reported, saying an electric socket extension was the cause.

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