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Chinese students protest over Wuhan University’s Covid-19 rules
Students in China have held a peaceful protest over a university’s zero-Covid-19 rules, a sign of the simmering discontent with the Asian nation’s zero-tolerance approach to the coronavirus.
A video on Twitter showed a group of students…
More Chinese cities ease curbs in expansion of Covid-19 policy shift
More Chinese provincial capitals relaxed Covid-19 restrictions as authorities expand a policy shift toward reopening the economy after anti-lockdown protests erupted across the country.
Shanghai said it will scrap Covid-19 PCR test…
Shanghai police on high alert 1 week after anti-lockdown protest
Shanghai police were on high alert Saturday, a week after a major protest against China's strict "zero-COVID" policy involving lockdowns erupted in the city, deploying many officers and vehicles to prevent a recurrence of the rally.
On a…
China still clamping down on protest activities against Covid-19 lockdown
The Chinese authorities continue to clamp down on anti-lockdown protest activities across the country, stepping up police patrols in some major cities and interrogating protesters at gatherings held last weekend.
In Shanghai, where a…
Xi’s visit to Japan “invaluable” for bilateral ties: Chinese envoy
China's ambassador to Tokyo said Thursday that President Xi Jinping's official visit to Japan as a state guest, if realized, would be "invaluable" for bilateral relations that have often been strained over issues that include a territorial…
2 Chinese bombers, 2 suspected Russian planes fly above Sea of Japan
Two Chinese bombers and two suspected Russian airplanes on Wednesday flew above the Sea of Japan, the Japanese Defense Ministry said, with its Air Self-Defense Force scrambling fighter jets in response.
The two Chinese H-6 bombers flew…
Unrest continues in Guangzhou as lockdown anger grows
People in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou have clashed with police overnight in the latest protest against the country's strict Covid rules.
Footage online showed police in white hazmat suits clutching riot shields to…
Jiang Zemin: Former Chinese leader dies aged 96
China's former leader Jiang Zemin, who came to power after the Tiananmen Square protests, has died at 96.
State media said he died just after noon in Shanghai on Wednesday.
One of the major figures of Chinese…
China’s iPhone city Zhengzhou lifts Covid-19 lockdown
The Chinese city of Zhengzhou shuttered hundreds of buildings and apartment blocks hours after lifting broader lockdown measures, as officials strive to make their Covid-19 controls more targeted in line with Beijing’s directives.
The…
Police clamp down after days of protests in China
China's protests against Covid restrictions which erupted over the weekend appear to have died down, as authorities begin clamping down.
A heavy police presence has been reported in several cities, and some gatherings were…