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China subjects Covid protesters to intense surveillance, interrogation
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Even though China revoked its Zero Covid Policy following the protests, China unleashed its police equipped with the latest technology to go after people that had participated in the protests and dozens of people who took part in the protests have paid heavily for the dissent.
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Qin Gang made foreign minister due to his backing of Xi's vision for China
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
China recently appointed Qin Gang, who was China's ambassador to the US, as the country's new foreign minister.
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Covid surge in China hits its commercial hub Guangzhou, dents economic pre
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
China's reversal of its Covid-19 restrictions in early December was meant to help places like Guangzhou. But the chaotic approach has contributed to a tsunami of infections that has swept across the nation, overwhelming hospitals and funeral parlours.
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Xi focussing on economy, leaves citizens in lurch amid COVID spike
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to the author, the Communist Party realized that major economic and social distress would fracture the social contract if the country remains under the zero covid policy. And as a result, the zero COVID was jettisoned.
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Taliban threat dominates China's policy towards Afghanistan: Report
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Concerned over the potential spillover of militants from Kabul into the country's western Xinjiang, China has stepped in and engaged with the new Taliban government, promising trade and investment, Afghan Diaspora Network reported.
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2023 outlook: India will mark its rise by showing leadership: Editor-in-Ch
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
"A year ago, I predicted a stronger Xi Jinping and a weaker Joe Biden in my forecast for 2022. I was almost correct, but the reality turned out a little differently than I expected," the editor-in-chief said.
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Sudden COVID-19 surge resulting to acute shortage of medicines in China
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Amid the exponential rise in COVID-19 cases in China, the pharmaceutical industries are finding it difficult to cope with the high demand for medicines after the Xi Jinping-led government announced relaxations in its zero-Covid policy.
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China in 2022 - A shaky year
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
2022 was a momentous year for China, backstopped by an end-of-year scrabble to survive the pandemic of COVID-19 from December onwards. What the sequence of events taught the world is that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) may be incredibly good at controlling its population, but it is not so
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China refused to allow envoy to visit Uyghur region: Turkish Foreign Minis
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has revealed that China has refused to allow the Turkish ambassador to visit the Uyghur region in the north-western Xinjiang province, admitting it has strained ties between the two nations, reported MEMO (Middle East Monitor).
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Xi Jinping's authoritarian rule is under question by its citizens: Report
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
But it appears that his authoritarian rule is being questioned as the recent angry protests by the people across China over Xi's Zero-Covid policy is a crucial development.
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With new phase of COVID-19, China facing "tough challenges" : Xi
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
"We have now entered a new phase of COVID response where tough challenges remain," Xi said in his new year message to the nation.
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Like PM Modi, Chinese President Xi Jinping tells Putin dialogue is the way
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Chinese President Xi Jinping has followed Prime Minister Modi's worldview and has stressed the importance of a diplomatic solution to the war in Ukraine in a conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Chinese President Xi Jinping has followed Prime Minister Modi's worldview and h
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