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A series of protests against COVID-19 lockdowns began in mainland China in November 2022. [6] [4] [7] [8] [9] Colloquially referred to as the White Paper Protests (Chinese: 白纸抗议; pinyin: Bái zhǐ kàngyì) or the A4 Revolution (Chinese: 白纸革命; pinyin: Bái zhǐ gémìng), [10] [11] the demonstrations started in response to measures taken by the Chinese government to prevent the ...
The Beijing Sitong Bridge protest was a protest that took place on October 13, 2022, in Haidian, Beijing, China. The protest happened three days before the opening of the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). On the morning of October 13, 2022, a protester demonstrated against CCP general secretary Xi Jinping 's cult of ...
Tens of thousands of protests occur each year. National level protests are less common. Notable protests include the 1959 Tibetan uprising, the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, the April 1999 demonstration by Falun Gong practitioners at Zhongnanhai, the 2008 Tibetan unrest, the July 2009 Ürümqi riots, and the 2022 COVID-19 protests.
In a rare display of defiance, protests have erupted across China over the government’s so-called zero-COVID policy. ... November 28, 2022 at 4:58 PM. At a vigil in Beijing in November, a person ...
Crowd angered by lockdowns calls for China's Xi to step down. DAKE KANG and HUIZHONG WU. November 27, 2022 at 5:45 PM. Clashes in Shanghai as COVID protests flare. STORY: Clashes erupted between ...
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China said in a statement Monday that journalists from multiple outlets were physically harassed by police while covering the protests, and that at least one ...
The Zhengzhou Foxconn protests, officially referred to by Foxconn Technology Group as the "Zhengzhou Mass Gathering Incident" , began in November 2022. These protests, strikes, and violent clashes were initiated and participated in by some employees at the Zhengzhou factory in Henan Province, China, a subsidiary of Foxconn Technology Group (known as Foxconn in mainland China), in response to ...
Downing Street has condemned the “shocking and unacceptable” arrest of a BBC journalist covering Covid protests in China. The UK has warned Beijing there is “absolutely no excuse” for ...