Tag: Chinese Regime

Rare Mass Protests Erupt in Chinese Cities as Outrage Over Zero-COVID Restrictions Boils Over

Rare mass protests against COVID-19 lockdowns have broken out across China, including in major cities, as more cities have announced lockdowns due to a surging number of COVID-19 infections. Despite the regime releasing new epidemic prevention regulations, aimed at preventing excessive use of control measures by local authorities, the updated policies still adheres to the restrictive…


Mass Protests After Apartment Fire Deaths in Xinjiang See Authorities Lift Lockdown

Rare mass protests against COVID-19 lockdowns have broken out across China, including in major cities, following the horrific deaths of at least 10 people in Xinjiang’s capital city of Urumqi in north-western China, when first responders were unable to reach an apartment fire that was left to burn for hours due to COVID-19 blockades and locks throughout…


Mass Protests After Xinjiang Apartment Fire Deaths Sees Chinese Authorities Lift Some Lockdowns

Rare mass protests against COVID-19 lockdowns have broken out across China, including in major cities, following the horrific deaths of at least 10 people in Xinjiang’s capital city of Urumqi in north-western China, when first responders were unable to reach an apartment fire that was left to burn for hours due to COVID-19 blockades and locks throughout…


Joshua Wong Wrote From Prison After Two Years: ‘I Am Still Standing’

Joshua Wong, former secretary general of Demosisto Hong Kong, who has been imprisoned for the past two years, updated his status on social media through a friend on Nov. 23. In the post, Wong wanted to tell the world he was still standing and had not been beaten down yet. Wong shared in his latest…


Protests in Shanghai and Beijing as Anger Over China’s COVID-19 Curbs Mounts

SHANGHAI/BEIJING—Crowds of demonstrators in Shanghai shouted and held up blank sheets of papers early on Sunday evening, as protests flared in China against heavy COVID-19 curbs following a deadly fire in the country’s far west sparked widespread anger. The wave of civil disobedience, which has included protests in cities including Beijing and Urumqi, where the…


Protests Spread Across China Over COVID-19 Curbs

Crowds of demonstrators in Shanghai shouted and held up blank sheets of paper early on Sunday evening, as protests flared in China against heavy COVID-19 curbs following a deadly fire in the country’s far west sparked widespread anger. The wave of civil disobedience, which has included protests in cities including Beijing and Urumqi, where the…


‘Step Down CCP! Step Down Xi Jinping!’: Protests Erupt Across China Over COVID-19 Curbs

Protests erupted through Chinese cities and campuses during the weekend, with some residents calling for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its top leader to step down, an unprecedented show of defiance in decades. The widespread demonstration, from the capital of Beijing to the southern city of Nanjing, came after an outpouring of public anger…


Students’ Demonstration During Graduation Ceremony of CUHK Interfered With by Security Guards and Police

During the graduation ceremony on Nov 24, some students from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) held an artistic demonstration expressing opinions for discussion about the CUHK. Some campus security guards tried to stop the presentation, claiming no unauthorized slogans are allowed on campus. As reported by the University Community Press (CUHK student media),…


Instead of ‘Overreaction’ in Using Emergencies Act on Convoy, Trudeau Should Be Concerned With Foreign Interference: O’Toole

TORONTO—Instead of feeling “serene and confident” in invoking the Emergencies Act on convoy protesters, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should be more concerned with reports of China’s interference in Canadian elections, says former Conservative Party leader  Erin O’Toole. “What I found troubling today in the Prime Minister’s testimony was that he said he was ‘serene and…


New Book Illuminates Beijing’s Global Media Influence Operations

Several cybersecurity and analytics firms sounded the same alarm a month before the midterm elections: the Chinese communist regime sought to influence U.S. voters to inflame partisan infighting and promote China as an example of dictatorship’s superiority over democracy. Among these firms, Mandiant, a cybersecurity company recently acquired by Google, said they had been tracking…