Nov 29 Students sent home as China moves to curb more COVID-19 protests Chinese universities sent students home in Beijing and Shanghai to prevent more protests Tuesday after crowds angered by severe anti-virus restrictions called for leader Xi Jinping to resign in the biggest show of public dissent in decades. Continue reading
Nov 28 Watch 8:25 Thousands in China protest zero-COVID policy in largest demonstrations in decades By Nick Schifrin, Teresa Cebrian Aranda The largest protests in more than 30 years rocked China as tens of thousands of demonstrators across the country filled the streets to denounce Beijing’s zero-COVID quarantine and testing policies. But some of the demonstrations quickly evolved into demands for… Continue watching
Nov 28 China eases "zero COVID" rules after wide protests of lockdowns By Joe McDonald, Associated Press Chinese authorities have eased some anti-virus rules but affirmed their severe "zero COVID" strategy after protesters demanded President Xi Jinping resign in the biggest show of opposition to the ruling Communist Party in decades. Continue reading
Nov 27 Crowds angered by lockdowns call for China's Xi to step down as protests spread By Dake Kang, Huizhong Wu, Associated Press Protesters pushed to the brink by China's strict COVID measures in Shanghai called for the removal of the country's all-powerful leader and clashed with police Sunday as crowds took to the streets in several cities in an astounding challenge to the… Continue reading
Nov 26 China loosens some restrictions in Xinjiang after COVID-19 lockdown protests By Huizhong Wu, Dake Kang, Associated Press Authorities in China's western Xinjiang region opened up some neighborhoods in the capital of Urumqi on Saturday after residents held extraordinary late-night demonstrations against the city's draconian “zero-COVID” lockdown that had lasted more than three months. Continue reading
Nov 25 Beijing adds new quarantine centers as COVID-19 cases rise across China By Associated Press Daily cases of COVID-19 across the country are hitting records, with 32,695 reported Friday. Of those, 1,860 were in Beijing, the majority of them asymptomatic. Continue reading
Nov 24 Watch 4:59 News Wrap: Russian lawmakers expand restrictions on promoting LGBTQ rights In our news wrap Thursday, Russian lawmakers approved new restrictions on anything seen as promoting LGBTQ rights, the U.N.'s Human Rights Council condemned Iran’s violent repression of protests as activists say more than 400 people have been killed and thousands… Continue watching
Nov 24 Foxconn apologizes for pay dispute that sparked factory protests in China By Joe McDonald, Associated Press The company that assembles Apple Inc.’s iPhones has apologized for a pay dispute that set off employee protests at a factory where anti-virus controls have slowed production. Continue reading
Nov 23 Workers beaten, detained amid 'zero-COVID' protests at Chinese iPhone factory By Joe McDonald, Zen Soo, Associated Press Videos and postings on Chinese social media say workers at the world's biggest Apple iPhone factory have been beaten and detained in protests over contract disputes amid anti-virus controls. Continue reading
Nov 22 Watch 7:27 'Tridemic' threatening to overwhelm health care systems as flu, RSV, COVID cases rise A so-called "tridemic" is threatening healthcare systems across the country. It's essentially a triple threat from the spread of flu, RSV and COVID. More than three-quarters of pediatric hospital beds nationwide are occupied, seniors are hospitalized at a higher rate… Continue watching