Barriers erected on street where demonstrations have been held against rigid coronavirus policiesChinese police have launched a show of force across the country in an effort to head off further protests against the government’s rigid zero-Covid polici…
How Chinese media have – and haven’t – covered widespread protests against zero-Covid
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 …
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 partyHundreds of demonstrators and police have clashed in Shanghai as protests over China’s stringent Covid restrictions …
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 authorityJust five weeks after being elected to a historic third term, President Xi Jinping suddenly faces cracks in the facade of unchallenged authority tha…
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 eraPeople opposed to China’s stringent Covid restrictions have protested in cities across the country in the biggest wave of civil disobedi…
China: protests break out in Xinjiang following deadly high-rise fire under lockdown – video
Protests have broken out in China’s far western Xinjiang region, in the latest demonstration of public anger towards the country’s zero-Covid policy and strict lockdown rules. Crowds chanted ‘End the lockdown’ at hazmat-suited guards following a fire i…
Covid lockdown protests break out in western China after deadly fire
Protesters in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, blame restrictions for death toll of 10 in apartment block fireProtests have broken out in China’s far western Xinjiang region, with crowds shouting at hazmat-suited guards after a deadly fire triggered an…
Asia must not become arena for ‘big power contest’, says China’s Xi ahead of Apec summit
Amid race for influence in Asia-Pacific region, Chinese president says no attempt to ‘wage a new cold war will ever be allowed by the people or by our times’ The Asia-Pacific is no one’s back yard and should not become an arena of big power rivalry, Ch…
Ardern says she must be able to raise concerns in Xi Jinping meeting without ‘retaliatory acts’
Ahead of first meeting with China’s president in three years, New Zealand PM calls for environment where differences can be discussedJacinda Ardern has said she must be able to raise concerns with Beijing without prompting “retaliatory acts”, on the ev…
Xi Jinping’s cordial tone at G20 does not herald softer foreign policy
Apparent rapprochement with western leaders does not mean China is about to ditch its ‘wolf-warrior’ diplomacyFresh from consolidating power with a third term at home, Xi Jinping struck a largely cordial tone at the G20 summit in Indonesia, but don’t e…
Xi Jinping confronts Justin Trudeau at G20 over ‘leaked’ conversation details – video
China’s president, Xi Jinping, confronted the Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, at the G20 leaders’ summit in Bali, Indonesia. The Chinese leader accused Trudeau of ‘leaking’ details of their diplomatic conversations to the media. ‘That is not a…
‘China can play mediating role’: Macron to visit Xi Jinping over war in Ukraine
French president believes China can help push Russia to de-escalate Ukraine warRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, has said he intends to visit Beijing in the new year and believes his Chinese counterpart, Xi …
Xi angrily rebukes Trudeau over ‘leaks’ to media about Canada-China relations
Chinese president’s testy remarks about briefings on earlier conversation captured by media pool at G20 summit in IndonesiaXi Jinping has angrily rebuked Justin Trudeau after Canadian officials shared details of a previous meeting, highlighting the fro…
Five key takeaways from the G20 meeting in Bali
From Xi Jinping’s first international appearance in three years to leaders snubbing Russia, here are the significant momentsThe G20 meeting in Bali signalled Xi Jinping’s emergence from three years of self-imposed pandemic isolation, with the French pr…
Trudeau raises ‘serious concerns’ about Chinese interference in talks with Xi
Canadian prime minister met China’s president at G20 summit in Bali amid tensions over aggressive interventions by BeijingJustin Trudeau has raised “serious concerns” over suspected domestic interference by China in his first talks with President Xi Ji…