Covid restrictions lifted in Chinese city of Guangzhou after protests
Police still searching for protesters in other cities as top security body urges crackdown on ‘hostile forces’ Authorities have abruptly lifted Covid restrictions in the...
Category : Xi Jinping
Anti-lockdown protests spread in China as anger rises over zero-Covid strategy
Beijing students shout ‘freedom will prevail’, as Urumqi fire prompts levels of disobedience unprecedented in Xi era People opposed to China’s stringent Covid restrictions have...
Trudeau raises ‘serious concerns’ about Chinese interference in talks with Xi
Canadian prime minister met China’s president at G20 summit in Bali amid tensions over aggressive interventions by Beijing Justin Trudeau has raised “serious concerns” over...
Xi Jinping’s party purge prompts fears of greater Taiwan invasion risk
Observers wonder whether there is anyone left in CCP to stop Chinese president making a rash move Xi Jinping’s purging of political rivals and elevation...
Xi Jinping opens Chinese Communist party congress with warning for Taiwan
President says he supports peaceful reunification but will ‘never promise to renounce use of force’ Xi Jinping celebrated China’s crushing of Hong Kong’s autonomy, and...
Xi Jinping’s vision for China’s next five years: key takeaways from his speech
President puts China’s expansionist foreign policy and control at home at heart of his plans in address to Communist party summit China’s president, Xi Jinping,...
Chinese congress expected to cement power of Xi Jinping
Constitutional changes likely to enshrine leader as ‘core’ of ruling Communist party The highest level meeting of China’s ruling Communist party this week is likely...
‘We all saw it’: anti-Xi Jinping protest electrifies Chinese internet
Scramble to censor posts about Sitong bridge incident in Beijing where defiant banners were hung and a fire lit in lead-up to Communist party congress...
Xi Jinping faces stumbling blocks, as crucial Communist party meeting looms
At a time when he wants to project stability, China’s president is grappling with a long-term crisis over Taiwan, a faltering economy and ongoing Covid...
China conducts military exercises off Taiwan after warning Pelosi to scrap visit
PLA carries out ‘live-fire exercises’ after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told not to visit the island democracy China said it was conducting military exercises...
