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Why China's 'Blank-Page Revolution' matters: Report
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Blank sheets of paper, held by protestors, have become a symbol of a mass uprising being witnessed against the Communist-ruled strict zero-COVID policy, according to US media reports.
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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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Rage of locals against Zero-Covid policy of Chinese authorities may bring
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Constant rage against Chinese authorities among locals against zero-covid policy may lead to a crackdown in the country by Xi Jinping as things have changed dramatically in China since the last time protests against the central government occurred in so many places at the same time in studen
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Authorities attempting to 'stamp out' protests against 'Zero-Covid' policy
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
As per the news report, Chinese authorities have been quietly attempting to 'stamp out' the protests that have spread across the country over the past week. Protests in China erupted in response to apartment building fire in Urumqi last Thursday.
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China's Vice Premier calls for optimizing COVID-19 response after nationwi
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The top Chinese official also called for improving response to the changing situation around the pandemic, stressing the importance of optimizing the country's policy on disease prevention, testing and quarantine measures, as well as immunization of the whole population.
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People angry as China fails to prevent coronavirus cases despite its 'zero
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Chinese government continues to follow the zero COVID policy despite the people terming it 'ineffective.'
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China would be facing serious geopolitical, other challenges during Xi's t
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
China faces a once-in-a-generation economic challenge and the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP's) decisions will significantly shape the lives of the country's 1.4 billion people. Chinese President Xi Jinping foresees in his third term that China would be facing the most serious geopolitical a
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Beijing has more means to suppress protests than 1989 Tiananmen crackdown:
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Over the weekend, thousands of people in Shanghai, China's biggest city and financial centre, began publicly protesting the government's strict Covid-19 measures and denouncing the Chinese Communist Party's authoritarian rule.
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China's security forces mobilise, intensify patrolling to put end to Covid
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
After ongoing protests in China against the zero covid policy have grabbed global attention, the security forces in the country have started to mobilise to call off the demonstrations by strict patrolling on streets.
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Guarantee right to demonstrate: UN to China amid COVID protests
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Hundreds of protestors demonstrated in cities across China against President Xi Jinping's zero-Covid strategy, with some of them even calling for his removal. "Step down, Xi Jinping! Step down, Communist Party!" CNN quoted some people as yelling during a protest in the financial hub of Shang
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Protests against zero-covid policy become 'biggest rebellion' in China's h
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The public outrage against CCP rule and torturous zero-covid policy has been observed across several cities of China including Beijing and Shanghai which are the trade hubs of the country. People in Xinjiang, as well as Lhasa, were also seen, according to several videos circulating on social
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"We're going to watch this closely..." US on protests in China against zer
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
"We continue to stand up and support the right of peaceful protest. And I think we're going to watch this closely, and we'll see where things go," the National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby said during the press briefing.
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