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Tibetan women arrested for participating in anti-lockdown protests in Chin
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Zamkar, Dechen, Kalsang, Dolma and Delha were arrested on Monday for participating in the protests in the region, according to Phayul. Chinese authorities have arrested peaceful protesters in universities and cities for demonstrations against the government, including the arrest of a young T
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Foxconn faces chaos due to China's zero-Covid policy
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Foxconn's Zhengzhou plant which earlier employed over 2,00,000 workers, is facing violent protests by employees since November.
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Protests held across US over China's human rights abuses
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Condemning the Chinese government's rights abuses, various ethnic groups including members of the Tibetan and Uyghur community protested in cities on the West Coast of the United States.
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China turns blind eye to criticism of its Covid management: Report
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Chinese government turned a blind eye to the criticism of its Covid management, Voices Against Autocracy has stated, adding that despite all the world criticism, China stuck to its impractical and unreasonable zero-covid policy and ignored the innocent civilians suffering.
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Shanghai to remove COVID test requirement in indoor entertainment venues a
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Shanghai announced that no mass COVID testing will be conducted at the administrative region level except for employees in high-risk positions and high-risk areas.
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Easing of Covid curbs sparks fear among people in China
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to CNN, several workers across China have taken down some of the outward symbols of the nation's zero-Covid regulations, removing health code scanning signs from metro station walls and closing some gates after the Chinese government announced removing curbs.
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Chinese leader Jiang Zemin and his tainted Tibet legacy: Report
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Jiang, 96, was among the very few leaders who held top positions including general secretary of the Communist Party, chairman of the Central Military Commission, and president of China. His death was announced in a letter addressing the whole Party, the entire military and the Chinese people
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Chinese vaccines proven ineffective becoming problem for world: Report
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Repeated explosive outbreaks of Covid in China along with tested and proven lack of effectiveness of its vaccines, has created a problem for its own citizens and people around the world, The Singapore Post, a news outlet with an online portfolio reported.
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China announces nationwide loosening of Covid curbs
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
This comes less than two weeks after largescale protests gripped the country against the zero covid policy. This announcement has brought relief to millions of people under various restrictions since the start of the pandemic.
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China's COVID protests highlight need to protect Chinese diaspora, says ri
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The calls for greater scrutiny of China's actions in Canada come amid protests against Beijing's zero-Covid policy in US and Canada and controversy surrounding the overseas "Chinese police stations."
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Chinese protests peter out, but a point has been made
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Dissatisfaction with the government's zero-tolerance COVID strategy was the primary catalyst for protests in provinces and cities as far-flung as Beijing, Shanghai, Xinjiang, Sichuan, Guangzhou, Zhejiang, Hubei, Chongqing, Gansu, Anhui, Hunan, Henan, Jiangsu, and Shanxi. To keep it in perspe
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Xi Jinping's zero-Covid policy fails as new cases found
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
After the nomination of Chinese President Xi Jinping for the third term in October, people hoped that they would get some relief from the policy but with its 1000 Covid cases, the residents are afraid of the repetition of lockdown, The Hong Kong Post reported.
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