After reporting rare large-scale protests – largely peaceful – over stringent COVID-19 curbs last year, China has now come up with a new method to prevent violent demonstrations. China pioneers portable electromagnetic gun, sets development trend for future weapons https://t.co/33mmM3dWJX pic.twitter.com/WB5pgyn3in — Zhang Heqing April 3, 2023 The gun is equipped with a display screen at the front that informs …
The four women had been arrested on charges of “picking quarrels and provoking troubles” for their participation in the December 2022 protests. Officials in Beijing have released four women on bail who were arrested for joining rare nationwide protests in late November against China’s tough anti-coronavirus policies, an activist said. One of the women, former book editor Cao Zhixin, had …
Opponents of China's anti-Covid measures are resorting to dating apps and social media platforms blocked on the mainland to evade censors, spread the word about their defiance and strategy, in a high-tech game of cat and mouse with police. Videos, images and accounts of the opposition to China's tough Covid-19 curbs have poured onto China's tightly censored cyberspace since weekend …
SHANGHAI — Barely a month after granting himself new powers as China’s potential leader for life, Xi Jinping is facing a wave of public anger of the kind not seen for decades, sparked by his “zero COVID” strategy that will soon enter its fourth year. While the ruling party says anti-coronavirus measures should be “targeted and precise” and cause the …
President Jair Bolsonaro is under pressure to account for his govt’s coronavirus policies and corruption allegations. Protesters have taken to the streets across Brazil once more to demand far-right President Jair Bolsonaro step down over his government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic as well as recent corruption allegations. “They’re protesting about many things: the government’s downplaying of the pandemic, the …
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