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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

Daily Mirror

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.

The Times of India

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.

Fortune

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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.

Reuters

Chinese city accused of ‘performative lockdown lifting’

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

The Guardian - UK

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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Visitors trapped in Shanghai’s Disney resort after lockdown announced

Videos appear to show guests rushing to locked gates as strict Covid restrictions return across China

The Guardian - UK

Was Hu Jintao’s removal from China’s 20th party congress suspicious or not?

Incident has split China watchers with some saying former leader was unwell and others it was political purge by Xi Jinping

The Guardian - UK

After Chinese comedian He Huang's Australia's Got Talent stand-up went viral, China's trolls went on the attack

A Chinese comedian based in Sydney has become the latest target of Chinese nationalists' online trolling, after clips of her stand-up routine went viral in Australia.

ABC News

China shows off robot dog armed with machine gun dropped by drone into battle

In a video shared on China's Weibo social media, the "Kestrel Defense Blood-Wing" account showed a drone dropping off the killer robot on the roof of a building

Daily Mirror

On China's internet, only plaudits for the party and Xi

While financial markets judged the outcome of China's Communist Party Congress harshly on Monday, on China's internet the only permitted response has been full-throated support.

Reuters

Hu's dramatic China congress exit fuels speculation, official silence

In a country where events are planned to minute detail and politics is cloaked in secrecy, former President Hu Jintao's dramatic escorted exit from the closing of the Communist Party Congress sent speculation among China-watchers into overdrive.

Reuters

Beijing party chief Cai, Xi loyalist, vaults to top rank

Cai Qi catapulted to the top rung of China's leadership on Sunday, capping a late career rise that overcame a less than ideal stretch as Beijing's Communist Party boss.

Reuters

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The Guardian - UK

Reports of teenager dying in Covid quarantine cause outcry in China

Video of girl struggling to breathe is circulating online, with claims family’s pleas for help were ignored

Bangkok Post

China Southern to resume flights to Bangkok

China’s biggest airlines are planning more international flights, a sign that the government is aware of the country’s growing isolation as it persists with lockdowns and mass testing -- hallmarks of its Covid Zero policy.

Bangkok Post

Xi’s fiery Taiwan rhetoric raises risk of war in his third term

President Xi Jinping proclaimed on Sunday that Taiwan’s status should be “settled by Chinese people”. Yet he faces a tricky balancing act managing public opinion among China’s 1.4 billion people on an issue that looks set to dominate his third term.

France 24

'Remove the dictator Xi Jinping': Images show rare protest in Beijing

Despite online censorship, photos and videos shared online show a rare protest against the Chinese government in Beijing. The dramatic demonstration took place on a highway bridge on October 13, just days before the 20th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party convenes. The protest seems to have been initiated by…

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Al Jazeera

As China doubles down on ‘zero-COVID’, some have had enough

The digital tools for tackling the virus are intruding deeply into people’s lives, but there is no sign of a relaxation.

ABC News

China tightens up COVID-19 restrictions ahead of Communist Party National Congress, leaving travellers stranded

Ahead of the Communist Party's 20th National Congress, going home is proving difficult for many in China with thousands of travelling Beijing residents receiving an alert ordering them to stay where they are.

Salon

Chinese celebs push One China messaging

The Chinese government has a new ally when it comes to pushing its official line on Taiwan: celebrities

France 24

How China uses zero-Covid policy to crack down on Tibetans

There has been a widespread outcry from the residents of Lhasa, the capital of the Chinese autonomous region of Tibet, about how local authorities are managing a Covid-19 lockdown instated on August 9. Many people have gone online to post videos showing crowded quarantine centres, which they have nicknamed 'pigsties'.…

The Guardian - AU

Return to Dust, Chinese hit film about rural hardships, disappears from streaming platforms

Film’s sudden disappearance in China prompts censorship accusations amid heightened sensitivity ahead of key Communist party meeting

The Conversation

How Chinese celebrities are amplifying official policy on Taiwan, pushing 'One China' messages to millions of fans online

The Chinese government has a new ally when it comes to pushing its official line on Taiwan: celebrities.

Reuters

Prominent Chinese commentator urges COVID experts to 'speak out'

Prominent Chinese commentator Hu Xijin said on Sunday that as China ponders its COVID-19 policies, epidemic experts need to speak out and China ought to conduct comprehensive research and make any studies transparent to the public.

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