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That was in beijing. this footage is shanghai. was beaten by police and held for several hours. call the consulate now! there were also protests in chengdu, xian, wuhan and urumqi, where the first protest was seen. and there have been rare calls for the president to stand down. chanting these protesters are saying, "down with the chinese communist party! down with xijinping!" now, localised protests arent uncommon in china, widespread ones are. but as the world has opened up after the pandemic, ...

Forcing business after business to shut down. the policy is tied to something that really hits people in their everyday lives. the question of whether they can get on with going to work, thats where these restrictions have really come up against the idea that it is the leadership that is forcing these policies. protests have been building in china all year, with people here increasingly sick of zero—covid restrictions. the government seems to have drastically underestimated popular discontent,...

People are also blaming xijinping personally for not changing the zero—covid approach, which is forcing business after business to shut down. the policy is tied to something that really hits people in their everyday lives. the question of whether they can get on with going to work, thats where these restrictions have really come up against the idea that it is the leadership that is forcing these policies. protests have been building in china all year, with people here increasingly sick of zero...

They can get on with going to work, thats where these restrictions have really come up against the idea that its the leadership that is forcing these policies. protests have been building in china all year with people here increasingly sick of zero covid restrictions. the government seems to have drastically underestimated popular discontent, yet, for the moment, has no easy way out of the zero covid corner its painted itself into. officially, chinas goal is to return each outbreak to zero new i...

People are also blaming xi jinping personally for not changing the zero—covid approach, which is forcing business after business to shut down. the policy is tied to something that really hits people in their everyday lives. the question of whether they can get on with going to work, thats where these restrictions have really come up against the idea that it is the leadership that is forcing these policies. protests have been building in china all year, with people here increasingly sick of zer...

By a deadly fire in the western region of xinjiang last week, ten people died, and some blame strict lockdown rules for delaying efforts to rescue them. many people are angry at president xis zero—covid approach. millions have been affected by nearly three years of mass testing, quarantines and snap lockdowns. the police have largely allowed the rallies to continue, but in shanghai officers arrested several people and cordoned off streets on sunday. frank tsai is the founder of china crossroad...

The apartment buildings are locked in. some of the apartments and homes are locked in by chinese police. they digitally tracked on a regular basis. as mass testing involving millions and millions of people in these cities on the daily basis. so it is enforcement that we have never had a frame of reference for. the future of the regime, that remains to be seen. they have enormous control over this population and to prevent it from ever getting to the point where there would be massive rise, it ha...

Its not unusual to see acts of defiance in china, but this was something different. a crowd of protesters in shanghai chanted, calling for the countrys leader xijinping to stand down and for the communist party to give up power. a fire which killed ten residents in changsha last week has prompted widespread anger in china. zero—covid restrictions have been blamed for hampering peoples escape and slowing the access for fire crews. whether this is true or not, its sparked waves of protest in the...

Here increasingly sick of zero—covid restrictions. the government seems to have drastically underestimated popular discontent, yet, for the moment, has no easy way out of the zero—covid corner its painted itself into. officially, chinas goal is to return each outbreak to zero new infections using strict stay—at—home orders, travel restrictions, and mass testing. entire cities are still being locked down. but its been criticised for not prioritising vaccination amongst high—risk groups ...

Three years of mass testing, quarantines and snap lockdowns. germany have kept their hopes of staying in the world cup alive with a 1—1 draw against spain. a late equaliser helped the germans avoid a second defeat in a row. now to italy, where a state of emergency has been declared on the island of ischia — after torrential rains triggered a landslide that destroyed homes and hurled cars into the sea. at least seven people have been killed. our correspondent mark lowen travelled to the islan...