by Contributed | Nov 30, 2022 | Blog
Fresh clashes have broken out between police and protesters in a southern Chinese city, part of a wave of Covid lockdown-sparked demonstrations across the country that have morphed into demands for political freedoms. China’s top security body warned late on...
by Contributed | Nov 29, 2022 | Blog
By Matthew WALSH with Ludovic EHRET in Beijing Security services were out in force across China’s major cities Tuesday, which for the time being appeared to have quelled nationwide protests calling for political freedoms and an end to Covid lockdowns. The...
by Contributed | Nov 28, 2022 | Blog
By Jing Xuan TENG Holding up blank pieces of paper, co-opting the national anthem, complicated wordplays: protesters in China are devising a myriad of creative ways to voice dissent against the government and its zero-Covid policy. Here’s how many Chinese have...
by David Bishop | Nov 28, 2022 | Blog
By Matthew Walsh, with Jing Xuan Teng in Beijing China’s censors were working Monday to extinguish signs of rare, social media-driven protests that flared across major cities over the weekend calling for political freedoms and an end to Covid lockdowns. Sunday...
by Contributed | Nov 1, 2022 | Blog
By Stuart Williams Iranians staged new protest actions to denounce the country’s theocratic regime in defiance of a crackdown that is now seeing those arrested put on trial and facing the death penalty. Iran has for the past six weeks been rocked by protests of...
