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China endures a bitter burden under Xi's one-man rule
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
China, under Chairman Xi Jinping, thought it was wiser than anyone else. In fact, instead of wisdom, it turned out that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) under Xi was pursuing nothing other than obstinate exceptionalism, believing it could do what no other nation on Earth could achieve.
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China releases new guidelines on censorship of online comments and 'likes'
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Amid anti-government views and posts in the wake of the massive public protests across the country over Covid lockdowns and a fresh outbreak, China released new guidelines on the censorship of online comments and 'likes', writes Thu Dao in the Indo-Pacific Center for Strategic Communications
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Covid lockdowns imposed in China affect mental health of many people: Repo
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The lockdowns imposed by the Chinese government for controlling Covid-19 is proving dangerous for its own citizens, and millions of citizens are suffering from critical mental health issues, Geopolitica.info a study centre on geopolitics and international relations reported.
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If they had let my family out, they would still be alive, says Uyghur sibl
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
On November 24, a fire tore through a residential building in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region's capital Urumqi. After the incident, citizens circulated the videos on the internet space, with residents screaming and demanding authorities to open exits. The residents said that they were
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"Want Freedom" becomes rallying cry of youngsters against stern Covid lock
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Amid ongoing protests across China, the outcries of the youngsters in the country have come to light as they are demanding to be freed from not only the strict covid lockdowns Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) surveillance of people in China.
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Protesters chant 'Step down CCP' in Shanghai against China's zero-Covid po
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The protests erupted after 10 people died and nine others were injured in an apartment fire in Urumqi.
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China orders Covid lockdown in Zhengzhou city after iPhone factory protest
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
While addressing the presser on Wednesday evening, the city authority asked its residents in the downtown area to stay at home from Friday till next Tuesday as the new cases found at the community level remain high, Global Times reported.
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Protest breaks out at China's giant iPhone factory in Zhengzhou
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Hundreds of workers protested at Foxconn's flagship iPhone plant in China where men and women were captured in the footage marching with some confronted by people in hazmat suits and riot police.
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Beijing facing 'most critical and toughest moment' of tackling COVID-19, s
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Addressing a press conference on November 21, Liu Xiaofeng, deputy director of the Beijing CDC, said that China is at the 'most critical and toughest moment' of fighting coronavirus.
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Covid cases surge in Xinjiang despite strict lockdown measures, public dem
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Public outrage in China's Xinjiang region continues as coronavirus cases are on the surge despite severe coronavirus lockdown measures.
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Protest in Tibet over COVID restrictions, 200 detained
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Around 200 residents of Tibet's capital Lhasa were detained in the wake of massive protests last week after China imposed covid lockdown that restricted the residents to their homes with inadequate food and medical equipment, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported.
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Delhi HC dismisses petitions moved against Air India Limited noting its pr
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Justice Yashwant Varma dismissed the pleas noting that after its disinvestment, Air India Limited (AIL) is no longer a government company, and writ petitions against it, would no longer be maintainable.
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