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Chinese protests are about more than COVID – student discontent has fuelled the biggest movement since Tiananmen Square

Protests have erupted across China, initially in response to the deaths of ten people in a fire in an apartment block in Xinjiang in the country’s northwest. The demonstrations represent the biggest expression of public unrest since the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy movement was savagely crushed.

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China Cities under Heavy Policing after Protests

China's major cities of Beijing and Shanghai were blanketed with security on Tuesday in the wake of nationwide rallies calling for political freedoms and an end to Covid lockdowns. The country's leadership faced a weekend of protests not seen in decades, as anger over unrelenting lockdowns fuels deep-rooted frustration with…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Evidence grows of forced labour and slavery in production of solar panels, wind turbines

A ‘certificate of origin’ scheme could counter concerns about renewables supply chains, says Clean Energy Council

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Zero-Covid protests are spreading across China – but a violent crackdown will follow

From Xinjiang to Shanghai and Beijing, protests are creating a rare sense of unity that Xi Jinping cannot afford to allow, says James McMurray of the University of Sussex

The Guardian - UK

How a 'forgotten,' 110-day lockdown sparked China's nationwide COVID protests

A deadly fire in a region locked down since August ignited rare demonstrations of dissent across China.

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Cold Snap in Northwest China Leaves Livestock Trapped and Herdsmen Missing

Pandemic restrictions likely added to difficulties for herdsmen, Caixin has learned

Caixin Global

China's protests over lockdowns spread to campuses and communities abroad

Protests against China's strict zero-COVID policy and restrictions on freedoms have spread to at least a dozen cities around the world in a show of solidarity with rare displays of defiance in China over the weekend.

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Protests against strict COVID-zero policy are sweeping China. It's anyone's guess what happens now

Public protests in China related to the government’s COVID-19 restrictions have hit the news worldwide over the weekend, following a fatal apartment fire in Urumqi, Xinjiang last week which killed ten people.

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Türkiye Demands that China Clarify Circumstances of Fire in Xinjiang

Türkiye demanded that China clarify the circumstances of the deadly fire that broke out in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, killing ten people. "We are deeply saddened to learn that a fire which broke out in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China,…

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Nationwide Protests in China Call For Easing Covid Curbs

Protesters are demanding the easing of Covid-19 restrictions in Beijing and Shanghai. People also took to the streets in the northwestern Xinjiang region after deaths in an apartment fire were blamed on lockdowns.

The News Lens

China’s COVID protesters, censors play cat-and-mouse game online

Chinese censors are scrambling to scrub references to protest codewords and demonstration hotspots like Xinjiang.

Al Jazeera

Man's agony after 5 relatives died in Covid policy-linked Urumqi fire

BEIJING: When a deadly fire broke out in China's northwest Xinjiang region, triggering a wave of public anger over the country's zero-Covid policy, Abdulhafiz Maimaitimin initially could not believe that it claimed five of his relatives' lives.

Bangkok Post

China: Protests against strict Covid measures after fire kills ten

More protests erupted across China over the weekend as citizens took the streets in a rare display of defiance over Xi Jinping’s strict Covid restrictions. Public fury forced authorities in the far western Xinjiang region to open up parts of the capital Urumqi, which has been subject to a punishing…

Evening Standard

Thousands take to streets as protests sweep China against restrictive Covid lockdowns

Thousands have taken to the streets to protest China's repressive zero-Covid policy that has seen swathes of some regions in lockdown since August whilst the rest of the world carries on as normal

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Anger Spreads Across China over COVID Measures

Protests against China's heavy COVID-19 curbs spread to more cities, including the financial hub Shanghai on Sunday, nearly three years into the pandemic, with a fresh wave of anger sparked by a deadly fire in the country's far west. The fire on Thursday that killed 10 people in a high-rise…

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Anti-Covid protests in China triggered by deadly fire

Police used pepper spray to stop around 300 protesters who had gathered in Shanghai

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Protesters are so upset with China's COVID rules, some are openly saying Xi should go

Residents held extraordinary late-night demonstrations against Urumqi's draconian "zero-COVID" lockdown after an apartment fire killed 10.

The Independent UK

Xinjiang loosens some restrictions after lockdown protests

Authorities in China’s western Xinjiang region have opened up some neighborhoods in the capital of Urumqi after residents held extraordinary late-night demonstrations against the city’s draconian “zero-COVID” lockdown that had lasted more than three months

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Apartment fire in China's Xinjiang region kills 10

An apartment fire on Thursday in the western Chinese region of Xinjiang killed 10 people and injured nine, state broadcaster CCTV reported, saying an electric socket extension was the cause.

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COVID Protests Erupt in China’s Xinjiang after Deadly Fire

Rare protests broke out in China’s far western Xinjiang region, with crowds shouting at hazmat-suited guards after a deadly fire triggered anger over their prolonged COVID-19 lockdown as nationwide infections set another record. Crowds chanted "End the lockdown!", pumping their fists in the air as they walked down a street,…

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Protests erupt in Xinjiang and Beijing after deadly fire

Public anger in China towards widening COVID-19 lockdowns across the country erupted into rare protests in China’s far western Xinjiang region and the country's capital of Beijing, as nationwide infections set another record.

Bangkok Post

Protest against Covid-19 lockdown after fire kills 10 in Xinjiang

A deadly fire in an apartment building in China’s far western region of Xinjiang set off an outpouring of anger online and street protest in the region’s capital Friday, with residents calling for the lifting of lockdowns that have confined many to their homes for more than three months.

Caixin Global

Apartment Fire Kills 10 in China’s Xinjiang

The blaze broke out on Thursday night in the regional capital Urumqi, state media reported

The Independent UK

10 killed in apartment fire in northwest China's Xinjiang

Authorities say a fire in an apartment building in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region has left 10 people dead and nine injured

Reuters

UN committee urges China to free Xinjiang detainees, recommends reparations

A United Nations committee urged China on Thursday to release people held in detention facilities in its Xinjiang region and recommended that it provide victims with "remedies and reparation".

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