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'Daylight is here': China travel searches surge as public cheers COVID easing

Searches on Chinese travel sites surged and social media platforms were flooded with delight and relief on Wednesday as the public cheered the biggest loosening of some of the world's strictest COVID policies.

Reuters

Hu Jintao reappears as China comes to standstill for late leader Jiang Zemin

Former leader who was removed from a key meeting in October attended the memorial where Xi Jinping urged country to ‘turn grief into strength’

The Guardian - AU

Covid is weakening, China state media claims, as major cities lift lockdowns

Unnamed expert tells state media outlet Yicai that Covid could be downgraded from a category A disease to category C

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Huawei's weird new smartwatch ensures you’ll never lose your earbuds again

The Huawei Watch Buds look like Huawei Watch 3 but has a lid that can pop up to store and charge your wireless earbuds.

Inverse

China COVID protests die down, but policy resentment remains

Beijing flooded streets with police and security personnel while tweaking COVID response after rare nationwide protests.

Al Jazeera

Why sheets of A4 paper have become the symbol of China protesters' Covid dissent

Students have stormed top universities holding blank sheets of paper in the air in a rare silent protest to evade censorship or arrest at the hands of the hardline Chinese regime

Daily Mirror

China state TV is editing maskless fans out of its World Cup coverage

Footage of maskless World Cup fans streaming into Qatar from all corners of the world is putting China’s zero-COVID policy in a bind.

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Chinese police out in force in attempt to deter Covid lockdown protests

Barriers erected on street where demonstrations have been held against rigid coronavirus policies

The Guardian - UK

China’s COVID-19 protests: What we know so far

People have gathered in at least eight Chinese cities in a sign of the growing anger at Beijing’s zero-COVID strategy.

Al Jazeera

Blank sheets of paper become symbol of defiance in China protests

Chinese protesters have turned to blank sheets of paper to express their anger over COVID-19 restrictions in a rare, widespread outpouring of public dissent that has gone beyond social media to some of China's streets and top universities.

Reuters

Protesters are so upset with China's COVID rules, some are openly saying Xi should go

Residents held extraordinary late-night demonstrations against Urumqi's draconian "zero-COVID" lockdown after an apartment fire killed 10.

WEKU

Xinjiang loosens some restrictions after lockdown protests

Authorities in China’s western Xinjiang region have opened up some neighborhoods in the capital of Urumqi after residents held extraordinary late-night demonstrations against the city’s draconian “zero-COVID” lockdown that had lasted more than three months

The Independent UK

China: Protests erupt over COVID curbs after deadly fire

Urumqi residents angered after blaze killed 10 in residential building under lockdown due to China’s zero-COVID policy.

Al Jazeera

Carmaker BYD to Hike Prices as Cost Pressure Mounts

Announcement comes as China is set to end subsidies for purchases of EVs and hybrid vehicles in 2023

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To fight 'period shame,' women in China demand that trains sell tampons

Menstruation is a taboo subject in China, but women are fighting the stigma with open discussion and campaigns for better access to period products.

Bangkok Post

Protests erupt at largest iPhone factory in China

Large-scale protests broke out at Foxconn's vast iPhone factory in Zhengzhou, central China, images circulating Wednesday on Weibo and Twitter showed.

Reuters

New 'Avatar' film gets rare China release

The long-awaited sequel to director James Cameron's blockbuster "Avatar" will be released in mainland Chinese cinemas on Dec. 16, 20th Century Studios said on Wednesday.

The Guardian - UK

Death of baby in China incites anger on social media over ‘zero Covid’ rules

Four-month-old denied treatment as she tested negative for coronavirus and family was told case not urgent

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Daily Mirror

Army of spider robots designed to sneak through pipes may soon be crawling in your home

Known as SPD1, the army of spider robots have been designed by the firm to crawl through underground pipes in Japan after a lack of workers willing to do the dirty work

The Times of India

Shijiazhuang: Fear and panic grips Chinese city rumored to be exiting Covid Zero

BEIJING: On Monday, a rumor took hold that Shijiazhuang, a city 160 miles from Beijing, was to become a test case for China’s reopening, dismantling key parts of the Covid Zero regime.

Fortune

Weibo users have discovered a way to bash China's zero-COVID strategy online

The Chinese government’s censors have worked to quickly eradicate criticisms of its controversial zero-COVID strategy from circulation.

Reuters

China COVID cases surge to 6-month high as tensions in affected cities build

China on Friday reported the highest daily count of new local COVID cases in six months as outbreaks widened, pushing policymakers to walk an even finer line between holding the virus at bay while keeping a lid on social and economic angst.

Reuters

Father blames China's COVID policy for son's death that sparked online anger

The father of a 3-year-old boy who died on Tuesday from carbon monoxide poisoning in northwest China said strict COVID-19 policies "indirectly killed" his son by causing delays obtaining treatment, in a case that has sparked social media outrage.

The Guardian - UK

Chinese city accused of ‘performative lockdown lifting’

Residents claim Zhengzhou authorities are trying to avoid scrutiny of Covid lockdown’s severity

Daily Mirror

Shanghai Disneyland 'locks panicked guests inside park' after new Covid outbreak

The closure marks the latest disruption for the Shanghai Disney Resort, which was shut for over three months during Shanghai's lockdown earlier this year

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