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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 xi's 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 crossroads, a forum which organises public lectures in china — most recently about covid. he says the scal...

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 has to be seen and played out in front of us. certainly the economy is centerpiece to xi having contro...

It's not unusual to see acts of defiance in china, but this was something different. a crowd of protesters in shanghai chanted, calling for the country's 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 people's escape and slowing the access for fire crews. whether this is true or not, it's sparked waves of protest in the regional capital, urumqi. this has now spread to other cities and university campuses, as spont...

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 it's painted itself into. officially, china's 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 it's been criticised for not prioritising vaccination amongst high—risk groups and not increasing hospital capacity. there's also still no stated plan to open up, even at some ...

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 island, which is just off the coast of naples, and sent this report. rescuing the fragments of once tranq...