China covid protests

BEIJING/HONG KONG: Late last month, Shanghai resident Pei was one of many people who came out in support of historic protests against China's Covid-19 curbs, including filming several seconds of footage of a man being arrested on a street…

China rolled back rules on isolating people with COVID-19 and dropped virus test requirements for some public places Wednesday in a dramatic change to a strategy that confined millions of people to their homes and sparked protests and…

<!-- -->Beijing has begun relaxing testing requirements after widespread protests. (File)Beijing: Dining in underground restaurants, drinking in secretive bars spread by word-of-mouth, and hiding their Covid symptoms -- some Beijing…

<!-- -->The city of more than 23 million was sealed off for months this year. (File)Shanghai: Authorities in China's financial hub of Shanghai will from Monday scrap some testing requirements in the country's latest relaxing of its…

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 smaller rallies popped up in the United States. The comments…

BEIJING: Chinese police were out in force in Beijing and Shanghai on Tuesday to prevent more protests against Covid curbs which have disrupted the lives of millions, damaged the economy and briefly sparked rare calls for President Xi…

BEIJING: Chinese universities are sending students home as the ruling Communist Party tightens anti-virus controls and tries to prevent more protests after crowds angered by its severe “zero Covid” restrictions called for President Xi…

<!-- -->Some cities are still struggling to contain outbreaksShanghai: China reported a fifth straight daily record of 40,347 new COVID-19 infections on November 27, of which 3,822 were symptomatic and 36,525 were asymptomatic, the…