State security police across China have been questioning lawyers who volunteered to help people arrested during the recent anti-lockdown protests, with some withdrawing from the scheme due to political pressure from the authorities, according ...
Students, residents, lawyers and workers are still challenging the country’s Covid-19 restrictions, even though the intensity of the political chants has been dialed back.
Chinese police have deployed sophisticated surveillance tools in a push to stamp out a nationwide wave of unrest, using facial recognition software and location data to track down and detain protesters.