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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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"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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Demonstrators protesting against COVID-19 restrictions clash with police i
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Hundreds of demonstrators and police have clashed in Shanghai as protests over China's severe COVID-19 restrictions continued into the third day and spread to several other cities.
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Uyghur community in Vienna holds demonstration against fire incident in Ur
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Uyghur community in Vienna, Austria organised a demonstration in front of the Embassy of China on Monday to protest against the death of innocent Uyghurs in the fire incident in Urumqi, Xinjiang.
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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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Protests against China's Zero Covid policy crop up in major cities
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
These protests have now spread to other major cities like Guangzhou, Xinjiang, Wuhan, Chengdu, Dali, Lanzhou and Beijing that too with similar slogans against the CCP, Xi and the Zero Covid policy. The last time anything like this happened in china was during the May Fourth Movement in 1919
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China boosting capabilities for 'grey zone' operations to exert stress on
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing is looking to "create grey zone" operations continuously to exert stress on opponents because it avoids army clashes with other countries, according to a report by the Japan Defence Ministry think tank.
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Covid in China: Protests erupt in Xi Jinping's alma mater Tsinghua Univers
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In defiance of China's zero-Covid policy, hundreds of students on Sunday protested at President Xi Jinping's alma mater, Tsinghua University.
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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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Fire in Urumqi set off public anger and questions about China's zero-Covid
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A fire in a residential high-rise in Urumqi, where many residents have been under lockdown, set off public anger and questions about China's zero-Covid policy.
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