Tag: Covid
China police install barriers in Shanghai in effort to curb Covid protests – BBC News
Barriers have been installed at a protest site in the Chinese city of Shanghai as protests against strict Covid rules continued into a second night. A number of protesters in the city have been detained by police with officers reportedly telling anyone taking photos of the protests to delete them. Since Friday, people have been staging protests across China – where street demonstrations are extremely…
Chinese police clamp down after days of Covid protests – BBC News
China’s protests against Covid restrictions which erupted over the weekend appear to have died down, as authorities begin clamping down. A heavy police presence has been reported in several cities, and some gatherings were quelled or failed to materialise. Several people in Beijing said police had called demanding information about their whereabouts. On Tuesday officials said they would speed up a push to vaccinate elderly…
Protesters around the world rally behind Covid demonstrators in China
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Protests have been organised in several cities around the world in support of rare public displays of frustration and anger in Chinese cities where people took to the streets to call for an end to the country’s zero-Covid policy. The protests were triggered by a November 24, 2022, deadly fire in Urumqi, the capital of China’s…
Protestors urge China's President Xi to resign over Covid restrictions – BBC News
Protests over China’s strict Covid measures have intensified, with some protesters calling on the country’s president to resign. Thousands of protestors took to the streets of Shanghai, where people were heard openly shouting slogans such as “Xi Jinping, step down” and “Communist party, step down”. In China, any direct criticism of the government and the president can result in harsh penalties, and some people at…
China Covid protests: Fury and fear of virus puts Xi Jinping in a bind
For three years the patience of one billion Chinese was stretched with lockdowns – now it’s snapped. The post China Covid protests: Fury and fear of virus puts Xi Jinping in a bind appeared first on Rich TVX News Network.
Chinese police: Delete photos or face arrest at Shanghai Covid protest site
Authorities are stopping anyone taking photos at the Shanghai Covid protest site. The post Chinese police: Delete photos or face arrest at Shanghai Covid protest site appeared first on Rich TVX News Network.