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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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"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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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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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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