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08 December 2022
China announces nationwide loosening of Covid restrictions
Protesters hold blank white pieces of paper during a protest triggered by a fire in Urumqi that killed 10 people in Beijing, China, 27 November 2022. Photo: EPA
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29 November 2022
China moves to curb rare, nationwide protests
Chinese security forces on Monday filled the streets of Beijing and Shanghai following...
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27 November 2022
Deadly Xinjiang fire stirs anger at China's...
A deadly fire in China's northwest Xinjiang region has spurred an outpouring of anger at...
A health worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) walks past a fenced residential area under lockdown due to Covid-19 coronavirus restrictions in Beijing on June 20, 2022. (Photo by Noel Celis / AFP)
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08 November 2022
China virus cases at six-month high despite...
China reported its highest daily Covid caseload in six months Monday, despite grinding...
People lineup for a COVID-19 test in Beijing, China, 09 August, 2022. Chinese authorities have closed Tibet's Potala Palace after COVID-19 cases were detected in Lhasa. Photo: EPA
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29 October 2022
Hundreds of Han Chinese in Tibetan capital stage...
Hundreds of people in the Tibetan capital Lhasa have taken to the streets to protest...
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16 June 2022
Shanghai residents react as Shanghai lockdown...
Shanghai residents react to easing lockdown restrictions after a strict two-month Covid...
People wait in line to be tested for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a swab collection site in Beijing on April 25, 2022. Photo: AFP
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25 April 2022
Beijing Covid spike prompts mass testing, panic...
Fears of a hard Covid lockdown sparked panic buying in Beijing as long queues formed on...
A general view shows empty streets during the second stage of a Covid-19 lockdown in the Yangpu district in Shanghai on April 1, 2022. Photo: AFP
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03 April 2022
Shanghai residents frustrated by food shortages,...
Shanghai residents voiced growing frustration on Friday at confusion over a week of snap...