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China's repressive action against Covid protesters 'shows sign of weakness
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
During an interview with Andrea Mitchell of NBC, Blinken said, "I think any country where you see people trying to speak out, trying to speak up, to protest peacefully, to make known their frustrations, whatever the issue is - in any country where we see that happening and then we see the
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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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Amid protests, China says fight against Covid 'will be successful'
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian's statement comes a day after protests erupted in Shanghai against China's 'Zero Covid' policy to contain the virus.
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China censors reference to protest code words, demonstration hotspots like
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Chinese internet users and government censors are engaged in a cat-and-mouse game to control the narrative around the country's anti- "zero COVID" protests, reported Al Jazeera.
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China's draconian lockdowns galvanize widespread protests
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
China is a nation of 1.4 billion people, ruled by an authoritarian government unable to abide dissent. China has 106 cities possessing populations more than one million, so a few hundred, or even a thousand, people gathering on a street does not yet constitute "mass" protests.
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"Step down, Xi Jinping, Step down, CCP: China sees massive protests over C
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
This large-scale protest was apparently sparked by an apartment block fire in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang province, which killed at least 10 people on Thursday and has acted as a catalyst for searing public anger.
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China reports third consecutive daily record for new Covid cases
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
35,909 cases were reported including 3,405 locally transmitted cases and 31,504 local asymptomatic cases, state media Xinhua reported.
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China reports new daily record COVID cases for second consecutive day
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Of the total COVID cases, 3,041 were symptomatic while 29,654 were asymptomatic, Reuters news agency reported. The report added that Thursday's new local COVID-19 infections set a daily record, beating a figure set in mid-April.
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China's daily Covid cases hit record high: Report
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
On Monday, China's top health official said that country is facing the 'most complicated and severest anti-epidemic situation' since the emergence of 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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