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“Under Xi’s command, China’s bureaucracy has become obsessed not so much with saving lives or eventually living with COVID-19 but rather with maintaining ... Show more

The Problem With Zero: The fog of uncertainty is thick as protests against COVID lockdowns continue, but there is no question this is a major juncture in ...
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The Problem With Zero
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Why China Isn’t Facing Another Tiananmen Moment: Chinese protesters are fed up with the country’s repressive ‘zero Covid’ policies, but the regime remains ...
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Why China Isn’t Facing Another Tiananmen Moment
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“Under Xi’s command, China’s bureaucracy has become obsessed not so much with saving lives or eventually living with COVID-19 but rather with maintaining ... Show more

The Problem With Zero: The fog of uncertainty is thick as protests against COVID lockdowns continue, but there is no question this is a major juncture in ...
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The Problem With Zero
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Why China Isn’t Facing Another Tiananmen Moment: Chinese protesters are fed up with the country’s repressive ‘zero Covid’ policies, but the regime remains ...
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Why China Isn’t Facing Another Tiananmen Moment
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The Chinese government exercises control through local busybodies, explains Lynette H. Ong
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The Chinese government exercises control through local busybodies ...
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How a deadly fire ignited dissent over China's zero-COVID policy: Stunning scenes of dissent and defiance played out across China over the past week ...
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How a deadly fire ignited dissent over China's zero-COVID policy
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As Xi Cracks Down on China’s Protesters, Demonstrators Around the World Show Solidarity
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As Xi Cracks Down on China’s Protesters, Demonstrators Around the World ...
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China zero-COVID: 5 things investors are watching as Beijing signals shift: From eyeing energy stocks to preparing for Xi Jinping dig in on his COVID policy ...
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China zero-COVID: 5 things investors are watching as Beijing signals shift
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'Don't yell that': fears compete with calls for 'freedom' at China protests: As a large Beijing street protest against strict COVID curbs reached a climax late ...
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'Don't yell that': fears compete with calls for 'freedom' at China ...
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President Xi Admits the Chinese People Have Had Enough of His COVID Lockdowns: The private comments were reportedly made as Beijing continues to refuse to ...
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President Xi Admits the Chinese People Have Had Enough of His COVID ...
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Leaked Document Shows China Eyeing Three Key Dates for Protest Crackdown: Chinese officials are attempting to quell a strong public response that doesn't seem to ...
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Leaked Document Shows China Eyeing Three Key Dates for Protest Crackdown
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Students are often at the heart of protests in China: Their frustration goes beyond the zero-covid policy
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Students are often at the heart of protests in China
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Chinese Media Compares Oath Keepers' Prosecution to Xi's Protest Crackdown: The Global Times wrote in an op-ed that "the Capitol riots have severely traumatized ...
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Chinese Media Compares Oath Keepers' Prosecution to Xi's Protest Crackdown
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Xi Jinping Approaches Multiple Points of No Return: Beijing assumes it can change course if policies fail. Zero-Covid shows this is no longer the case.
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Xi Jinping Approaches Multiple Points of No Return
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From Xinjiang to Shanghai, Protests Grow in China over COVID Restrictions After Fatal Apartment Fire
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From Xinjiang to Shanghai, Protests Grow in China over COVID Restrictions ...
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China begins loosening COVID restrictions after massive protests: The loosening restrictions come after nationwide protests erupted in late November as the ...
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China begins loosening COVID restrictions after massive protests
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Xi Versus the Street: The COVID protests are not simply cries for personal freedom but signal the start of a more turbulent era of politics for Xi's China ...
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Xi Versus the Street
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Protests in China: at the end of infallibility.: Thousands of Chinese surprised the world when they demonstrated all at once. First it was about the strict ...
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Protests in China: at the end of infallibility.
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Protests in China and Iran: The Rumblings of Freedom: Illiberal regimes are on the rise worldwide. But the simultaneous unrest in China and Iran is now changing ...
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Protests in China and Iran: The Rumblings of Freedom
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German-Chinese Relations: "The nerves are on edge": China's zero-Covid policy is harmful to the economy, says the president of the European Chamber of Commerce ...
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German-Chinese Relations:
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After protests, Chinese cities relax quarantine rules and compulsory testing - Tageblatt.lu
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After protests, Chinese cities relax quarantine rules and compulsory ...
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Fears compete with calls for ‘freedom’ at China protests: Trying to gauge the mood at China’s demonstrations has been difficult when everyone knows that the ...
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Fears compete with calls for ‘freedom’ at China protests
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"Teenagers Who...": On China Protests, Xi Jinping Has This Theory, Says Report
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"Teenagers Who...": On China Protests, Xi Jinping Has This ...
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Why China’s lockdown protests pose an unprecedented challenge to Beijing: While local protests in China over environmental, labour and land disputes are not ...
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Why China’s lockdown protests pose an unprecedented challenge to Beijing
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'Don't yell that': Fears compete with calls for 'freedom' at China protests
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'Don't yell that': Fears compete with calls for ...
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From porter to billionaire: Jimmy Lai stands for the "Chinese Dream" and Xi Jinping hates him for it
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From porter to billionaire: Jimmy Lai stands for the
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Covid protests speak to evolution of Chinese dissent: China has decided to fight widespread anti-Covid lockdown protests by combining the heavy dose of official ...
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Covid protests speak to evolution of Chinese dissent
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The protests are just the beginning: If Xi Jinping doesn't get a grip on China's economy, his problems will only get worse
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The protests are just the beginning: If Xi Jinping doesn't get a grip on ...