Beijing

China has tightened its security due to lockdown protests

China has moved quickly to quell weekend protests across the country, deploying police forces at key protest sites and tightening online censorship. The protests were sparked by outrage over the country’s increasingly expensive zero-Covid policy, but as the number of protesters grew in multiple major cities, so did the range of grievances expressed – with some calling for greater democracy and freedom. Hundreds of protesters have even called for the removal of Chinese President Xi Ji...[Read More]

Protests in China highlight Xi’s Zero COVID policy

According to China commentators, the unusual street protests that erupted in cities throughout China over the weekend were a referendum against President Xi Jinping’s zero-COVID policy and the strongest public resistance during his political tenure. Not since the Tiananmen Square demonstrations in 1989 have so many Chinese risked jail and other consequences to come to the streets for a single topic. “During Xi Jinping’s ten years in office, these are the most visible and broad ...[Read More]