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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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IMF asks China to boost vaccinations, recalibrate COVID strategy
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
This recommendation came after an annual review of China's economic policies which saw virtual discussions between the IMF and several senior policy officials on reform progress and challenges, and policy responses.
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China to persist with "zero-Covid" policy despite growing backlash
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
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.
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3 Tibetans die of COVID as Chinese authorities fail to provide timely help
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], September 17 (ANI): Three Tibetans are reportedly died of COVID as the Chinese authorities failed to give them timely medical care, Radio Free Asia reported citing sources.
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China warns 'risks to economic ties' with Germany amid change in Berlin's
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 1 (ANI): Germany's new China strategy has irritated Chinese leadership as Berlin has now been trying to diversify its economic relations away from China and towards 'democracies and partners with shared values', as the German Indo-Pacific guidelines indicate.
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China suppressing protests against its 'Zero-COVID' policy in the most bra
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 23 (ANI): A growing discontent is seen among people in China against government's "Zero-Covid" strategy and its suppression of people's demonstrations and protests against the policy in the "most brazen and heartless manner".
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China reports 60 new local COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 14 (ANI): China reported 60 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 15 in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and 42 in Beijing, and three in Shanghai in the past 24 hours, according to the National Health Commission's report Tuesday.
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China reports 20 new local COVID-19 cases, 8 in Shanghai
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 3 (ANI): The Chinese mainland reported 20 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, including eight each in Beijing and Shanghai in the past 24 hours, according to the National Health Commission's report Friday.
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Shanghai lockdown lifted, but trauma lives on
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 1 (ANI): Shanghai on Wednesday lifted its city-wide lockdown, however, the trauma of the lockdown of the past two months lives on.
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China's draconian lockdown measures mobilising popular discontent
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 13 (ANI): China's draconian lockdown measures, including the strictly implemented zero-COVID strategy, are increasingly mobilising people against the government, with experts suggesting that the recent excesses might lead to a more permanent alienation of the masses.
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China slams WHO chief for 'irresponsible' remarks on its zero-COVID policy
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 11 (ANI): China on Wednesday slammed WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus after he said that China's "zero-COVID" strategy is not "sustainable" given the virus' ever-evolving nature.
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WHO chief targetted on Weibo, WeChat, for calling China's zero-Covid polic
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 11 (ANI): WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been targeted on Chinese social media platforms after he questioned the sustainability of the country's zero-Covid policy.
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