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Trudeau expresses support for Chinese protesters as show of dissent roils Beijing

Trudeau expresses support for Chinese protesters as show of dissent roils Beijing

Chinese universities sent students home and police fanned out 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.

Chinese universities sent students home and police fanned out 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. Authorities have eased some controls after demonstrations in at least eight mainland cities and…

Rights activists and democracy campaigners outside China have come out in strong support of the "white paper" protest movement last weekend that was sparked by a fire in a locked-down apartment building in Xinjiang's regional capital, ...

Taipei, Nov. 30 (CNA) Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai (陳其邁) became the acting chairperson of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Wednesday after a party committee meeting, following President Tsai Ing-wen's (蔡英文) resignation as DPP chairperson on Nov. 26 to shoulder responsibility for the party's election rout.

Taipei, Nov. 30 (CNA) The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) said Wednesday it had selected Enoch Wu (吳怡農) to contest the legislative seat left vacant by Taipei Mayor-elect Chiang Wan-an of the opposition Kuomintang (KMT).

Some protesters picked up slogans from the Bridge Man protest banners hung from a traffic bridge in Beijing on October 13 that called on President Xi Jinping to step down and call elections, as well as putting an end to lockdowns, mass Covid testing and surveillance, RFA reportedThos

Western media commemorate former Chinese dictator Jiang Zemin, who died Wednesday at the age of 96, as a reformer and visionary.

Jiang came to power after the the Tiananmen Square protests and presided over high-speed growth.