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Shanghai authorities fence off COVID-hit areas, sparking outrage

China’s most populous city, Shanghai, is battling the country’s biggest COVID-19 outbreak.

Al Jazeera

Shanghai fences up Covid-hit areas, fuelling fresh outcry

SHANGHAI: Shanghai authorities battling an outbreak of Covid-19 have erected fences outside residential buildings, sparking fresh public outcry over a lockdown that has forced much of the city's 25 million people indoors.

Bangkok Post

China critics get creative after Beijing scrubs viral video of angry Shanghai residents from social media

Social media users try innovative ways to get around Beijing's censors to share video of residents complaining about the lack of food and medicine and heavy-handed tactics in locked-down Shanghai.

ABC News

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China internet censors scramble as lockdown frustration sparks ‘creative’ wave of dissent

Experts say volume of dissent from Shanghai over zero-Covid measures challenging attempts to control information

The Guardian - AU

Tesla's Giga Shanghai To Resume Operation Beginning Monday Following Protracted Shutdown: Report

Following a three-week shutdown, Tesla Inc.'s (NASDAQ: TSLA) Giga Shanghai could possibly resume operations sooner rather than later.

Benzinga

Growing Defiance of COVID Curbs in China Brings Wave of Arrests

Sun Jian, a 37-year-old master's degree student in the Chinese city of Yantai, for months staged a solo campaign against his university's COVID-19 prevention measures, including blistering criticism on social media. The last straw for authorities came on March 27, when Sun walked around his campus carrying a placard that…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Growing defiance of COVID curbs in China brings wave of arrests

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Xi moves to stop Shanghai COVID rage from sweeping across China

BEIJING — President Xi Jinping now has a bigger problem than stopping COVID-19 infections: quelling escalating anger in Shanghai before it spreads across China, creating a wider crisis of confidence in the Communist Party.

Tribune News Service

Shanghai to ease lockdown despite surge in Covid cases

China’s most populous city to allow ‘appropriate activity’ in areas where there have been no cases for at least two weeks

The Guardian - UK

Shanghai starts to ease lockdown despite record 25,000-plus new Covid infections

It promises relief for some of the city’s 25 million residents, many of whom struggled to find food and medicine in the lockdown

Evening Standard

Social media videos show 'riots' over food as Chinese city Shanghai enters third week of strict lockdown

Small "riots" break out in Shanghai as residents who have been confined in their homes for three weeks show their frustration at China's draconian "COVID-zero" policy.

ABC News

Shanghai eases lockdown in some areas despite record COVID infections

China's financial centre of Shanghai started easing its lockdown in some areas on Monday despite reporting a record of more than 25,000 new COVID-19 infections, as authorities sought to get the city moving again after more than two weeks.

Reuters

Under COVID Lockdown, Shanghai's People Are Running Out of Food and Meds While Pets Get Killed in the Streets

As officials forcibly separate parents from their COVID-positive children, criticism of the CCP mounts.

Reason

Desperation amid food shortages in Shanghai as Covid lockdown bites

Lockdown had been due to end on Tuesday, leaving residents unprepared to be indefinitely housebound

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Benzinga

Weibo Plays With the Big Boys in Numbers, But Investors Still Worry

Key takeaways: Weibo’s revenue rose above pre-pandemic levels last year, but its profitability lagged due to heavy spending The company trails Meta in its ability to monetize users, and is very much in the shadow of local rival WeChat in terms of total user numbers By Ken Lo

The News Lens

Ukraine War: How Russian Propaganda Dominates Chinese Social Media

In China’s cyberspace, Russian propaganda continues to influence the discourse over the war in Ukraine. Experts say the efforts could be Beijing’s attempt to trigger anti-Western sentiments.

The Times of India

Shanghai calls on party members to 'draw swords' in Covid fight

SHANGHAI: China's ruling Communist Party issued a rare call imploring rank-and-file members to help contain the coronavirus in Shanghai, a sign of the strain the locked down financial hub of 25 million people is under as its worst outbreak to date spreads.

Al Jazeera

For Chinese evacuated from Ukraine, safety costs a pretty penny

Chinese nationals fleeing the war-torn country have had bills exceeding $5,000 for charter flights and quarantine.

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Bangkok Post

Shanghai separates Covid-positive children from parents

SHANGHAI: Esther Zhao thought she was doing the right thing when she brought her two-and-a-half-year-old daughter to a Shanghai hospital with a fever on March 26.

Reuters

Shanghai separates COVID-positive children from parents in virus fight

Esther Zhao thought she was doing the right thing when she brought her 2-1/2-year-old daughter to a Shanghai hospital with a fever on March 26.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lavrov Makes First China Visit Since Ukraine War

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in China on Wednesday in his first visit to the key ally since Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine last month. In a post on its Weibo social media account, the Russian embassy in Beijing confirmed Lavrov had landed in the eastern city of…

ABC News

Shanghai extends COVID lockdowns, adds nearly 6,000 new cases

Shanghai's COVID-19 lockdown is extended to some western parts of the city earlier than scheduled, as robots with loudspeakers remind millions of people to stay at home.

The Guardian - AU

Frustration with Covid response grows in China as daily cases near 5,000

As the Omicron variant takes hold, some say the country’s hardline approach is causing more deaths than the virus itself

Benzinga

SEC Adds Weibo To Its Provisional List Under Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act

The SEC added the Chinese social media platform Weibo Corp (NASDAQ:WB) to its provisional list of companies identified under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act. The SEC is required to identify public companies that have retained a public accounting firm to issue an audit report where the firm has a branch or office…

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China’s Women ‘Hold Up Half the Sky’

Entrenched gender inequality and the heavy hand of censors can no longer silence female voices in China.

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