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Yearender 2022: China's fall from grace amid falling GDP growth, Zero Covi
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
China had been praised worldwide for lifting up its 60 per cent of population out of poverty, however, 2022 marks Beijing's diminishing stature on the world platform amid its zero-COVID policy, human rights violations and falling GDP growth.
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'Thermonuclear bad': Top epidemiologist sounds alarm bells on Covid spike
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The epidemiologist estimates that more than 60 per cent of China and 10 per cent of Earth's population are likely to be infected over the next 90 days with deaths likely in the millions.
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Sharp online criticism worries censorship specialists in China
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
This comes even as Chinese authorities and internet service providers have for years been monitoring and removing online content that contradicts the narrative set by the Chinese Government.
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Zero-COVID policy: China's President Xi bows down to female protesters
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Though Chinese President Xi Jinping was successful in snubbing women in the leadership shuffle at the 20th Congress where he ensured his third term, however, Xi had to bow down to female protesters, who broke the nation free from the strict Zero-COVID policy.
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Impossible to track exact number of COVID cases in China: Chinese health a
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
China's National Health Commission said that since many of the government's COVID regulation have ended including a lift on mandatory COVID tests, the number of cases reported no longer reflect the actual number of infections.
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Beijing reports first Covid deaths since easing of policy
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing on Friday reported the deaths of two former Chinese state media journalists due to Covid-19, the first since most pandemic control measures were lifted on December 7, reported Singapore daily Today.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping's zero-COVID policy failed miserably: Report
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The policy was introduced by the government in view of a renewed surge in coronavirus cases in China where 1,000 new cases have been reported each day. Xi's zero-COVID policy has caused fear, anger, and confusion among the citizens, the report said.
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Chinese leadership appears to have put restrictive 'Zero-Covid' approach o
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Chinese leadership appears to have put the restrictive 'Zero-Covid' approach on the back-burner for now, even though some cities have been witnessing high infection numbers.
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Xi's troubles message to dictators not to take citizens for granted: Repor
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
"Xi's problem is that he has surrounded himself with yes-men, who applaud his every act but do not hold a mirror to the life in the street." If they had, the Urumqi apartment fires would not have led to protests and riots.
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Tibetan women arrested for participating in anti-lockdown protests in Chin
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Zamkar, Dechen, Kalsang, Dolma and Delha were arrested on Monday for participating in the protests in the region, according to Phayul. Chinese authorities have arrested peaceful protesters in universities and cities for demonstrations against the government, including the arrest of a young T
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Foxconn faces chaos due to China's zero-Covid policy
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Foxconn's Zhengzhou plant which earlier employed over 2,00,000 workers, is facing violent protests by employees since November.
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Protests held across US over China's human rights abuses
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Condemning the Chinese government's rights abuses, various ethnic groups including members of the Tibetan and Uyghur community protested in cities on the West Coast of the United States.
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