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The Latest Breaking News on Axios Investigates: Chinese activists' names used in bomb threats across U.S. and EU

China: Zhang Zhan’s Prison Letter Offers Hope and Fear

The rare insight into prison life comes over two years after the citizen journalist was handed a four-year sentence. She was imprisoned after covering the Covid-19 lockdown in the Chinese city of Wuhan in early 2020.

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China isn’t following the science in dealing with its Covid outbreak

Letters: Readers take issue with an article by the Chinese ambassador to the UK about his country’s coronavirus response

The Guardian - UK

China’s ‘zero-COVID’ U-turn leads to loss of faith in leadership

Chinese people were told they were fighting the virus together, now some are disillusioned by the abrupt policy change.

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Debunking claims that Western media is 'exaggerating' Covid-19 in Shanghai

As China eases its zero-Covid policy amidst international fears of a new wave, a report by an anglophone journalist in China from late December is being used online as "proof" that the coronavirus figures in Shanghai are hardly cause for concern. But is all as it seems? We take a…

France 24

No, this video is not proof that Shanghai's new wave of Covid-19 is fake

Some Twitter accounts have been refuting claims that the Covid-19 pandemic is resurging in China. Their proof: a report from a state media outlet that they say shows relatively empty emergency rooms. But the images in the report were taken out of context.

France 24

China's propaganda machine sputters in zero-Covid reversal

Beijing (AFP) - China's state media is struggling and censors are working overtime as Beijing gropes for a coherent narrative in the wake of the sudden reversal of its hallmark zero-Covid policy.

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Overseas China 'police' accused of repression

THE HAGUE -- A recent report by a Spanish NGO has drawn renewed attention to the activities of so-called Chinese "overseas police" service stations, which monitor Chinese democracy activists and others living abroad.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

China's citizens revel in newfound Covid freedoms – but liberty may come at a cost

A wave of unrest across the country has forced the government's hand in easing restrictions but fears of more deaths are rising

The Telegraph

China vows 'strong' counter-measures over Manchester incident

The Chinese foreign ministry said on Thursday that "strong and forceful counter-measures" will be taken after accusing Britain of failing to protect Chinese staff at the Chinese consulate in Manchester during a protest in October.

Reuters

China removes 6 diplomats from UK after protester assaulted

Britain's foreign secretary says China’s government has removed a Chinese consul general and five of his staff from the U.K. following the assault on a Hong Kong pro-democracy protester at the Chinese consulate in Manchester

The Independent UK

China removes 6 diplomats after Manchester consulate violence: UK

Britain had asked they waive diplomatic immunity and be questioned by police over attack on pro-democracy activist.

Al Jazeera

Wednesday evening news briefing: Chinese envoy flees Britain

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The Telegraph

Six Chinese officials leave UK after protester beaten outside Manchester consulate

The police wanted to interview the Chinese officials as part of an investigation into the beating of a Hong Kong pro-democracy protester outside China's consulate in Manchester

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The Independent UK

China pulls diplomats out of UK before police can quiz them on Manchester brawl

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly expressed his disappointment at the news

The Independent UK

China pulls out six diplomats wanted for questioning over Manchester assault

The consul general and five staff were being removed by Beijing rather than face police questioning in Manchester.

The Guardian - UK

Chinese diplomats at centre of Manchester consulate row return home

Consular staff wanted for questioning by police over beating up of activists recalled to Beijing

Reuters

China removes six officials after Manchester consulate incident, UK says

China has removed six officials from Britain who police wanted to question over the treatment of a man who said he was kicked and punched while protesting outside the Chinese consulate in Manchester, British foreign minister James Cleverly said.

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Twitter bots surfaced during Chinese protests. Who's behind them remains a mystery

Researchers noticed accounts spewing out suggestive images. Some observers wondered if it was a Chinese government tactic to drown out the news, but the reality appears to be more complicated.

The Independent UK

Police detain 4 in Guangzhou after COVID protests

Police in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou have detained at least four people for more than a week after they attended protests against COVID-19 restrictions in late November, according to activists, family members and friends of the detained

Reuters

The painter who shared China's COVID protests with the world

When China's historic protests against COVID curbs erupted in late November, a 30-year-old Chinese man in a flat in northern Italy became one of the most important conduits of information on the unfolding drama via a lone Twitter account.

AFP

China protester detained for nine days: mother

Beijing (AFP) - A young protester has been held in police detention in southern China for nine days after taking part in rallies against Covid restrictions, her mother told AFP, expressing fear and anguish over her daughter's safety.

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Protests against Xi’s zero-COVID policy have inspired young Chinese the world over

Marches in China have sparked young people in the global diaspora to demonstrate in solidarity.

AFP

China protests shine light on limits of Uyghur solidarity

Shanghai (AFP) - Their deaths in a fire triggered China's biggest protests in generations, but few people seemed to know the victims were Uyghur families torn apart by Beijing's crackdown in Xinjiang.

AFP

UK defends China actions after calls to get tough

London (AFP) - Britain Sunday defended its measured response to an incident in Manchester when Chinese diplomats were accused of beating up a Hong Kong protester.

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