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UK summons Chinese ambassador over ‘unacceptable’ arrest of BBC journalist

The broadcaster said the cameraman was ‘beaten and kicked’ by police after covering protests against Covid restrictions.

The Independent UK

UK summons Chinese ambassador over ‘completely unacceptable’ beating and arrest of BBC journalist

China accuses British government of ‘hypocritical double standards’ after Rishi Sunak’s rebuke

The Independent UK

Britain summons China's ambassador over treatment of BBC journalist

Britain summoned China's ambassador on Tuesday to raise the treatment of a British journalist who, according to his employer the BBC, was assaulted by Chinese police while covering a protest in Shanghai.

Reuters

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The fight against China's COVID-era censorship

Internet users in China are racing to screenshot and repost COVID protest videos and posts.

Axios

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

Dating apps and Telegram: How China protesters are defying authorities

BEIJING: Opponents of China's anti-Covid measures are resorting to dating apps and social media platforms blocked on the mainland to evade censors, spread the word about their defiance and strategy, in a high-tech game of cat and mouse with police.

Bangkok Post

China: Police crack down on protests after demonstrators call on President Xi Jinping to quit

Xi Jingpeng is facing his toughest show of public defiance since becoming president of China

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UK summons Chinese ambassador to Foreign Office over police ‘beating’ of BBC journalist in Shanghai

Ed Lawrence was reportedly ‘arrested, handcuffed, beaten and kicked’ by security forces in Shanghai as he covered protests over the weekend

Evening Standard

Dating apps and Telegram: How China protesters are defying authorities

Opponents of China's anti-COVID measures are resorting to dating apps and social media platforms blocked on the mainland to evade censors, spread the word about their defiance and strategy, in a high-tech game of cat and mouse with police.

Reuters

Biden Monitoring China Covid Unrest

US President Joe Biden is monitoring unrest in China by protesters demanding an end to Covid lockdowns and greater political freedoms, the White House said Monday. The comments came after hundreds of people took to the streets in China's major cities over the weekend, in a rare outpouring of public…

Asharq Al-Awsat

China says journalists should eschew activities unrelated to their role

Journalists should not engage in activities unrelated to their role, China's foreign ministry said on Tuesday, after broadcaster BBC said one of its reporters had been assaulted and detained while covering weekend protests in Shanghai.

Reuters

Chinese universities send students home and move exams online amid anti-lockdown protests

Students at Tsinghua University, Xi's alma mater, protested on Sunday along with other schools in Beijing and the southern province of Guangdong - it comes as the government sees its largest protests in decades

Daily Mirror

Tuesday briefing: What’s behind angry protests against China’s ‘deadly’ Covid restrictions

In today’s newsletter: A timeline of increasing dissent as Chinese citizens demand ‘food, not PCR tests’ and blame Xi Jinping’s government for restrictions they say have cost lives

The Guardian - UK

Biden monitoring China Covid unrest as US rallies pop up

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden is monitoring unrest in China by protesters demanding an end to Covid lockdowns and greater political freedoms, the White House said Monday, as rallies popped up in solidarity around the United States.

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Yes, the Chinese protests are about politics and freedom. But they are also about what COVID might do if it is let loose now

While a lot of attention has been given to the unprecedented protests in China about the “dynamic zero COVID” policy, not much has been written about the wider political context, and particularly the young people leading the protests.

Bangkok Post

China cities under heavy policing after protests

SHANGHAI: 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 News Lens

As Zero-Covid Protests in China Continue, a Battle Erupts Online

Protesters are trying to circumvent government censors who are believed to use an automated system to help block prohibited content.

Al Jazeera

China moves to curb protests, some COVID measures adjusted

Heavy police presence on streets of protest cities after an unprecedented outpouring of anger over harsh curbs.

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The Guardian - UK

China police move to deter zero-Covid demonstrations and trace protesters

One arrested as police reportedly demand information from Beijing protester, while show of force largely prevents fresh demonstrations

ABC News

Police in major Chinese cities thwart further anti-lockdown protests, as Beijing not stepping down from its COVID-zero drive

A large presence of police officers are sent out in Beijing and Shanghai to prevent a repeat of previous anti-lockdown protests, which show rare open dissent against President Xi Jinping's ongoing COVID-zero restrictions.

The Independent UK

UK's Rishi Sunak says 'golden era' with China over

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has declared that the U_K_’s “golden era” of ties with China was over in his first major speech on foreign policy, and described China’s growing authoritarianism as a “systemic challenge to our values and interests.”

Fortune

Here's why protesters in China are holding up blank pieces of paper

A small and seemingly harmless blank sign has become a symbol of defiance in China's recent protests.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak warns against ‘cold war’ with China despite growing ‘authoritarianism’

Prime minister accused of being ‘weak’ as he unveils policy of ‘robust pragmatism’

Tribune News Service

Biden administration ‘closely’ watching protests in China over COVID lockdowns

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is “closely” watching protests over President Xi Jinping’s COVID Zero lockdowns but does not yet see any threat to U.S. supply chains, a White House spokesman said.

Reuters

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei says COVID protests will not shake government

From his Portuguese home, Ai Weiwei, the high-profile Chinese dissident whose art has often criticized Beijing's policies, said the recent wave of protests would not shake Xi Jinping's government because the police would simply crush them into silence.

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