A wave of protests sweeping China has reached the streets of Shanghai with demonstrators demanding an end to COVID-19 lockdowns and calling for the resignation of Chinese leader Xi Jinping. NBC’s Raf …
Monthly Archives For November 2022
Massive coronavirus spike pushes Beijing under lockdown: Is China’s Zero Covid Policy a failure?
China’s zero covid policy includes stringent restrictions such as isolations and complete lockdowns to curb the further outbreak of the coronavirus.
Shanghai protesters, police jostle as anger over China’s COVID curbs mounts
Hundreds of demonstrators in Shanghai shouted and jostled with police on Sunday evening as protests over China’s stringent COVID restrictions flared for a third day following a deadly factory fire in …
Unrest spreads in China against zero-COVID policy in challenge to Beijing
Demonstrators in Shanghai demand that President Xi Jinping step down and call for the end of Communist Party rule.
Crowds angered by lockdowns call for China’s Xi to step down
Protesters pushed to the brink by China’s strict COVID measures in Shanghai called for the removal of the country’s all-powerful leader and clashed with police Sunday as crowds took to the streets in several cities…
China ‘cracking down’ on COVID ‘secret’: Michael Pillsbury
Hudson Institute Senior Fellow Michael Pillsbury joins ‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ to discuss protests breaking out in Shanghai over COVID lockdowns, China’s management of COVID-19, and the soft stance from Biden.
Canada launches new Indo-Pacific strategy, focus on ‘disruptive’ China
Canada launched a new Indo-Pacific strategy on Sunday, vowing more resources to deal with a “disruptive” China while working with the world’s second-biggest economy on climate change and trade issues.
China’s monetary policy could ease further in 2023, analysts say, after central bank cuts reserve ratio
Expansionary monetary policy refers to boosting money supply or lowering short-term interest rates with an aim to promote consumer and business spending through increased liquidity. China’s central …
Protests of strict lockdown hit Shanghai, other China cities
COVID” policies resurfaced in Shanghai and Beijing on Sunday afternoon, continuing a round of demonstrations that have spread across the country.
China loosens some restrictions in Xinjiang after COVID-19 lockdown protests
Authorities in China’s western Xinjiang region opened up some neighborhoods in the capital of Urumqi on Saturday after residents held extraordinary late-night demonstrations against the city’s …
China by the kilo: An ‘out-of-the-box’ idea helps to keep tableware affordable
In the midst of an economic crunch, exceptional offers at special fairs – including porcelain sold by the kilo – are keeping tableware and cutlery within reach of shoppers with small and medium …
The US Congress Is Starting to Question This Whole Crypto Thing
Think Washington lawmakers have what it takes to tackle the volatile world of cryptocurrencies? Neither do they.
China’s Shenzhen limits indoor venue occupancy, asks public to work from home
The Chinese city of Shenzhen said it will limit restaurant and other indoor venues to 50% occupancy as part of its COVID prevention measures.
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