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Authorities flood streets with police as top security body urges action against ‘hostile forces’China has sent university students home and flooded streets with police in an attempt to disperse the most widespread anti-government protests in decades, a…
Rampant and sudden lockdowns have sparked anger as pressure piles on officials to curb outbreaksChina’s Covid lockdown protests: complete guide in videos, maps and chartsSince the Covid pandemic began, China’s government has operated a zero-tolerance p…
In today’s newsletter: A timeline of increasing dissent as Chinese citizens demand ‘food, not PCR tests’ and blame Xi Jinping’s government for restrictions they say have cost livesSign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning. After …
Protesters in China deploy creative means to make political statements in order to evade censorsBlank sheets of paper, mathematical equations and even alpacas: protesters in China have found creative ways to express anger at the government’s zero-Covid…
Strict measures that continue almost three years into pandemic are prompting widespread protests. Here are the factorsChina’s strategy of controlling Covid-19 with lockdowns, mass testing and quarantines has provoked the greatest show of public dissent…
One arrested as police reportedly demand information from Beijing protester, while show of force largely prevents fresh demonstrationsPolice have been out in force in China to stamp out zero-Covid protests and at least one person was arrested, accordin…
Dozens of protesters gathered in Hong Kong in solidarity with anti-lockdown demonstrations in mainland China. The protest was held to commemorate the 10 people who died in a fire in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang region, and show solidarity with the p…
Deadly apartment fire in the far west of the country triggers unprecedented demonstrationsProtests against China’s strict zero-Covid policy and restrictions on freedoms took place in cities around the country over the weekend in a wave of civil disobed…
People opposed to China’s strict Covid restrictions are protesting in cities across the country, holding blank pieces of paper as a symbol against censorship. The protests, triggered by a deadly apartment fire in the far west of the country, are taking…
State-run media outlets largely ignore nationwide protests, but continue to push the importance of Covid restrictionsChinese media have largely ignored widespread protests across the country, with prominent state newspaper front pages instead choosing …
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 movementIn an extraordinary wave of civil disobedience, dozens of protests broke out across Chinese citi…
Protesters have taken to the streets in several Chinese cities after a deadly apartment fire in Xinjiang province sparked a national outcry, with many saying Covid restrictions played a part in the disaster Continue reading…
Beijing, Chengdu and Wuhan see demonstrations as anger over Xi Jinping’s strict Covid policies builds, in a test for the Communist partyHundreds of demonstrators and police have clashed in Shanghai as protests over China’s stringent Covid restrictions …
Chinese leader will see widespread demonstrations against zero-Covid policy as threat to CCP’s authorityJust five weeks after being elected to a historic third term, President Xi Jinping suddenly faces cracks in the facade of unchallenged authority tha…
Demonstrations have broken out in cities and university campuses across China amid widespread anger at Covid lockdowns. The wave of civil disobedience was triggered by an apartment fire on Friday in which at least 10 people died in the west Xinjiang re…