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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.

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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

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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

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

Daily Mirror

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.

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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

The Guardian - UK

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.

Reuters

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.

WEKU

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

The Independent UK

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.

Reuters

‘The authorities will step up control’: where next for China after protests?

After mass demonstrations against Covid lockdowns, experts say Xi Jinping’s response will be a further gradual crackdown

The Guardian - UK

As China loosens COVID restrictions, protesters fear retribution

Late last month, Shanghai resident Pei was one of many people who came out in support of historic protests against China's COVID-19 curbs, including filming several seconds of footage of a man being arrested on a street corner.

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The Guardian - UK

Chinese students in UK told to ‘resist distorting’ China’s Covid policies

Exclusive: comments by diplomat involved in recent Manchester clash appeared threatening, student says

WEKU

How protesters in China bypass online censorship to express dissent

After weeks of protests, officials in China are loosening the country's notoriously strict anti-COVID measures. How did protestors succeed despite heavy online censorship?

The Independent UK

Under China's 'zero COVID,' uncertainty reigns and unsettles

As coronavirus cases rose in Shanghai earlier this year and the city’s lockdown stretched from weeks to months, Leah Zhang’s feeling of suffocation grew

The Independent UK

Dissident artist Weiwei says China unrest won't alter regime

Dissident Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei is taking heart from recent public protests in China over the authorities’ strict COVID-19 policy

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Taiwan foreign minister: China may scapegoat us over Covid protests

Joseph Wu backs Chinese protesters but says Beijing ‘might try to create external crisis to divert domestic attention’

The Guardian - UK

‘Now I see it’s not just me who’s angry’: readers in China on wave of protests

Scores of people have contacted the Guardian to share their reaction to protests against zero-Covid policy

The Guardian - UK

China’s Covid policy didn’t have to end in riot and protest. This is why it did

The government faces the rapid spread of public anger centred on a galvanising tragedy, says professor of psychology Stephen Reicher

The Independent UK

Protesters near White House demand 'Free China!'

About 200 protesters in Washington have lit candles and shouted “Free China!”

Foreign Affairs

Xi’s Shattered Illusion of Control

Recent protests revive a long tradition of Chinese dissent.

The Independent UK

Asian shares gain, oil prices up after Russia price cap deal

Asian shares are mostly higher and oil prices also have risen after the European Union and the Group of Seven agreed on a boycott of most Russian oil and a price cap of $60 per barrel on Russian exports

The Guardian - UK

China accused of flooding social media with spam to crowd out protest news

US firm says network of bot accounts also hijacking hashtags in large-scale attempt to obscure coverage

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