Despite zero covid policy and stringent anti-epidemic measures in some localities, the Chinese mainland reported 526 confirmed cases and 3,894 asymptomatic cases over the weekend.
Apple on Sunday (local time) said that it has temporarily reduced iPhone 14 production because of COVID-19 restrictions at its assembly plant in China.
These remarks came in response to the problem of excessive and one-size-fits-all epidemic prevention and control measures in some parts of the country amid the recent flare-up of COVID cases, state media outlet Global Times reported.
Around 200 residents of Tibet's capital Lhasa were detained in the wake of massive protests last week after China imposed covid lockdown that restricted the residents to their homes with inadequate food and medical equipment, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported.
The death of a three-year-old boy in a suspected gas leak at a locked-down residential compound in northwestern China has triggered excessive outrage in the country.
It is predicted that Chinese premier Xi Jinping's re-election as the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the head of the state for the next five years will witness more hard-lined policies with regard to the economy, foreign relations, human rights and public dissent.
Several videos went viral on TikTok and other social media platforms in which Chinese facing the lockdowns are seen using Bappi Da's track to express their anger and frustration over the country's stringent zero-COVID policy.
Hong Kong, October 23 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping was elected as general secretary of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and secured an unprecedented third term, however, it may prove disastrous for world peace, as well as, Taiwan.
Lhasa [Tibet], October 22 (ANI): Tibetans called on China to stop human rights violations as they are suffering under the authoritarian rule of Beijing.