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China’s Guangzhou locks down, Beijing shuts schools over COVID

China is battling COVID flare-ups from Zhengzhou in central Henan province to Chongqing in the southwest.

Al Jazeera

Several Beijing Districts Shut Schools as China COVID Cases Rise

Students in schools across several Beijing districts buckled down for online classes on Monday after officials called for residents in some of its hardest-hit areas to stay home, as COVID cases in China's capital and nationally ticked higher. China is fighting numerous COVID-19 flare ups, from Zhengzhou in central Henan…

Asharq Al-Awsat

When Chinese protesters came up against Xi's security machine

Jack Yao, a Chinese Communist Party member, never wanted to be an activist.

Reuters

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Hundreds Arrested Over China Banking Scandal That Triggered Protests

The scandal drew national attention in China and protests by disgruntled customers in July were violently quashed. Authorities in Henan now say they have arrested 234 people and made progress recovering the funds.

The News Lens

What is this new Langya virus? Do we need to be worried?

A new virus, Langya henipavirus, is suspected to have caused infections in 35 people in China’s Shandong and Henan provinces over roughly a two-year period to 2021.

The Conversation

China Pushes to Quell Protests Over Billion-dollar Banking Scandal

The scandal has drawn national attention as Beijing is struggling to maintain economic growth in the face of President Xi Jinping's commitment to a zero-Covid policy that has prompted widespread lockdowns and a resulting economic slowdown.

The News Lens

Did China really deploy tanks to suppress protesters in Henan province?

A video of tanks in China went viral on July 18, 2022, with social media users claiming it shows the Chinese government suppressing protesters in Henan over the ongoing rural banking scandals. However, the video was actually filmed in Rizhao City in Shandong province and according to our sources, the…

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The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 16 July 2022

This week, a tour of the Subcontinent. Gotabaya Rajapaksa finally took the hint and people partied through the state of emergency. Pakistan is flooding (both ways) and India claims more bragging rights.

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Intimidation, crackdowns blow the lid off Chinese rural banking scandal

A massive scandal worth tens of billions of yuan is rocking the critical rural banking sector in China. Authorities blame a "criminal gang" for illegally siphoning off depositors’ money and preventing more than a hundred thousand Chinese from accessing their accounts for months.

France 24

Heat Wave, Flooding Leave over a Dozen Dead in China

Flooding and extreme high temperatures have caused multiple deaths in eastern China as summer heat descends earlier than usual. Record-high temperatures have been reported in Zhejiang province, just east of the global business hub of Shanghai, topping out above 42 degrees Celsius (107 degrees Fahrenheit) on Wednesday. The neighboring coastal…

Asharq Al-Awsat

China's Henan bank customers face harassment, job loss over protests

A woman who was injured on Sunday when a protest by roughly 1,000 bank customers in central China was violently broken up by security personnel said she continues to face harassment.

Reuters

China bank customers to get deposits back after protests

Financial regulators in central China's Henan and Anhui provinces have promised to give some bank customers some of their deposits back after they staged protests over having their accounts frozen

The Independent UK

Protest in China over frozen bank accounts ends in violence

Authorities say some customers will start getting their money back after angry crowd in Henan was broken up by heavy-handed security guards

The Guardian - UK

Chinese police arrest suspects in bank scandal behind protests

Four banks in Henan froze millions of deposits in April, leaving individuals and firms unable to access their funds.

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Firefighter stages daring rescue of woman trapped in submerged car in China floods

In China's rain-lashed province of Henan, a firefighter inched along a taut rope fixed over a swollen river, his life jacket grazing the fast-moving currents below, to reach a woman in a car that had plunged headlong into the raging, brown torrents.

Caixin Global

Government efforts to stimulate the sector have fallen short, forcing localities to turn to stronger measures

The Guardian - UK

Chinese premier calls for more coal production as electricity demand soars

Records for electricity usage broken in Shandong, Henan and Jiangsu after early summer heatwaves

Reuters

China heatwaves drive up power demand to record levels, southern floods swamp cities

Heatwaves in northern and central China drove up electricity demand to record levels as millions switched on air conditioners to escape the sweltering conditions, while floodwaters in the south submerged villages and trapped city residents.

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Caixin Global

Editorial: Against Abuse of Health Codes

The abuse of health codes is an abuse of power. Incomplete investigation of the incident will abet bad practices for other authorities to follow

Reuters

China power demand sets new records as heatwaves bake northern cities

Power consumption surged in Chinese provinces north of the Yangtze river due to warmer-than-normal weather, with regions like Henan, China's third-most populous province, being tested to meet record electricity demand.

Reuters

China bank protest stopped by health codes turning red, depositors say

A protest planned by hundreds of bank depositors in central China seeking access to their frozen funds has been thwarted because the authorities have turned their health code apps red, several depositors told Reuters.

The Times of India

China’s ‘iPhone city’ may be using Covid controls to prevent investors from protesting

A manufacturing hub in central China is allegedly abusing its Covid control measures to prevent investors who say they have been swindled out of billions of dollars in a suspected financial scam from returning to the city to protest.

Daily Mirror

Bird flu: China records first case of human infection with strain in four-year-old boy

A four-year-old boy from central Henan province was found to have been infected with the variant after developing a fever and other symptoms following contact with chickens and crows at home

Caixin Global

Chinese Provinces Cut 2022 Fiscal Revenue Growth Targets

Of 25 provinces releasing budget plans, only Henan and Tibet set higher expansion goals than last year as authorities grow pessimistic

The Guardian - AU

Chinese officials arrested for concealing true scale of flood death toll

Beijing government says officials in Henan province were found to have deliberately underreported the disaster

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