Commentary On Nov. 24, in the Jixiang Garden district at the heart of the city of Urumqi in China’s Xinjiang region, the epidemic prevention and closure policy had been in place for over 100 days, leading to a deadly high-rise fire. Unable to escape or to be otherwise rescued, at least 10 people died, and…
Overseas Chinese Students Rally to Support COVID Protests in China, Chanting ‘Down With the CCP’
MANHATTAN, N.Y.–Mass protests have been triggered across China after the Xinjiang apartment fire deaths caused by the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) restrictive “zero-COVID” control measures. Protesters are chanting slogans of “Down with the Communist Party,” “Xi Jinping Step Down,” and “We want freedom and democracy.” It’s the largest protest movement since Tiananmen Square in 1989….
China Deploys Riot Police in an Effort to Smother COVID-19 Protests
Chinese riot police in white hazmat suits clashed with people in southern China’s Guangzhou city on Tuesday night, according to online videos seen by Reuters. In one Twitter video, dozens of riot police holding shields advanced in formation over what looked like torn-down lockdown barriers, while objects were thrown in their direction. Later, police were…
UK Summons Chinese Ambassador Over Beating of BBC Journalist
The UK’s Foreign Office has summoned Chinese Ambassador Zheng Zeguang to explain the treatment of a BBC journalist, foreign secretary James Cleverly confirmed on Tuesday. Foreign Office minister David Rutley told Parliament earlier in the day that the department will demand a “full and thorough explanation” from the Chinese ambassador. Edward Lawrence, a BBC reporter in China,…
LIVE 10 PM ET: ‘Step Down CCP’: Protest at USC Against China’s COVID Lockdowns; Urumqi Fire Victims Mourned
A candlelight vigil is held at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles on Nov. 29, mourning the victims of a Urumqi fire in China’s Xinjiang region last week. Participants are protesting in support of demonstrations held in China calling for an end to COVID-19 lockdowns. Over the weekend, people took to the streets in major…
LIVE NOW: ‘Step Down CCP’: Protest at USC Against China’s COVID Lockdowns; Urumqi Fire Victims Mourned
A candlelight vigil is held at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles on Nov. 29, mourning the victims of a Urumqi fire in China’s Xinjiang region last week. Participants are protesting in support of demonstrations held in China calling for an end to COVID-19 lockdowns. Over the weekend, people took to the streets in major…
‘Step Down CCP’: Protest at USC Against China’s COVID Lockdowns; Urumqi Fire Victims Mourned
A candlelight vigil is held at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles on Nov. 29, mourning the victims of a Urumqi fire in China’s Xinjiang region last week. Participants are protesting in support of demonstrations held in China calling for an end to COVID-19 lockdowns. Over the weekend, people took to the streets in major…
LIVE Nov. 29, 7 PM ET: UPenn Students Protest China’s COVID-19 Lockdowns, Mourn Deaths of Urumqi Fire Victims
Students at the University of Pennsylvania are protesting in Philadelphia on Nov. 29 in support of demonstrations held in China calling for an end to COVID-19 lockdowns. Over the weekend, people took to the streets in major cities including Shanghai and Beijing, and gathered at university campuses across China to criticize the Chinese Communist Party’s…
LIVE NOW: UPenn Students Protest China’s COVID-19 Lockdowns, Mourn Deaths of Urumqi Fire Victims
Students at the University of Pennsylvania are protesting in Philadelphia on Nov. 29 in support of demonstrations held in China calling for an end to COVID-19 lockdowns. Over the weekend, people took to the streets in major cities including Shanghai and Beijing, and gathered at university campuses across China to criticize the Chinese Communist Party’s…
UPenn Students Protest China’s COVID-19 Lockdowns, Mourn Deaths of Urumqi Fire Victims
Students at the University of Pennsylvania are protesting in Philadelphia on Nov. 29 in support of demonstrations held in China calling for an end to COVID-19 lockdowns. Over the weekend, people took to the streets in major cities including Shanghai and Beijing, and gathered at university campuses across China to criticize the Chinese Communist Party’s…
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