Tag: COVID protests

China’s Mass Zero-COVID Protests Challenged CCP’s Grip of Power: Renowned Human Rights Activist

January 12, 2023
CCP VirusChinaChina Human RightsChinese RegimeCOVID protestsCOVID-19 protestsExpert ViewSpecial TopicsUrumqiXi Jinpingzero-COVID
0 Comment

Large-scale protests that erupted in China against the regime’s zero-COVID policies, with protesters calling for freedom and an end to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), showed the determination of the Chinese people discontented with the party’s rule, according to a human rights activist. Mass protests against COVID-19 lockdowns that broke out at the end of…

Read More

China’s Mass Zero-COVID Protests Challenged CCP’s Grip of Power: Prominent Human Rights Activist

January 12, 2023
CCP VirusChinaChina Human RightsChinese RegimeCOVID protestsCOVID-19 protestsExpert ViewSpecial TopicsUrumqiXi Jinpingzero-COVID
0 Comment

Large-scale protests that erupted in China against the regime’s zero-COVID policies, with protesters calling for freedom and an end to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), showed the determination of the Chinese people discontented with the party’s rule, according to a human rights activist. Mass protests against COVID-19 lockdowns that broke out at the end of…

Read More

Australian Officer Awaits Decision After Hearing Into ‘Sling Tackle’ During Pandemic Protests

December 15, 2022
AustraliaCCP VirusCOVID protestsInternationalMELBOURNEWorld
0 Comment

Acting Sergeant Beau Barrett, 37, may need to wait months before he faces trial for a “sling tackle” at Melbourne’s Flinders Street Station last year that left Daniel Peterson-English allegedly with facial injuries and unconscious. The Melbourne Magistrates Court held a three-day committal hearing after Acting Sergeant Barrett was charged with assault and recklessly causing injury….

Read More

A Beijing Crackdown on COVID Protests Could Have Same Economic Effect as Lockdowns on America: Expert

December 9, 2022
ChinaChina Business & Economychina lockdownCOVID protestsCOVID-19 protestsSpecial TopicsUS-China relations
0 Comment

Beijing’s potential crackdown on COVID protests could have the same economic effect as the lockdowns on America, says Milton Ezrati, Chief Economist at the financial communications agency Vested. “The protests, especially if the [Chinese] government cracks down on them, are going to have, from an economic standpoint, the same effect as the lockdowns. They will interrupt…

Read More

Lawmakers Call for US to Defend Chinese Protesters

December 7, 2022
ChinaChina Human RightscongressCOVID protestsCOVID-19 protestsDan SullivanJeff MerkleyPoliticsPramila JayapalSpecial TopicsUSUS-China relations
0 Comment

Rep-elect Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.) said that U.S. politicians should defend the Chinese protesters who fight against Beijing’s stringent zero-COVID policies. “Any time there’s abuse of human rights anywhere in this country, we all must stand up to defend them. Think what the protesters are doing. It sounds like  [they’re] really taking the stand for their…

Read More

COVID Protests Reveal Failure of the CCP to Indoctrinate Its Citizens: Rights Activist

December 6, 2022
ChinaChina Human RightsCOVID protestsCOVID-19 protestsGreat Firewall of ChinaSpecial TopicsUS-China relationswhite paper movement
0 Comment

The mass COVID-19 protests in China reveal the failure of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to indoctrinate its own people, according to British human rights activist Benedict Rogers. China’s white paper revolution evolved quickly with protestors opposing stringent lockdown measures and chanting, “Xi Jinping, Step down,” and “CCP, Step down.” The developments show that public…

Read More

Support for Mainland Chinese Protests at University of Pennsylvania Candlelight Vigil

November 30, 2022
Asia & Pacificcandlelight vigilChinaChina Human RightsCOVID protestsCOVID-19 protestsSocial IssuesSpecial TopicsUniversity of PennsylvaniaUrumqi FireUSUS NewsUS-China relationsWorld
0 Comment

PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—Several hundreds of Chinese students at the University of Pennsylvania held a candlelight vigil to mourn those who lost their lives in the Urumqi fire in Xinjiang on Tuesday night, and support the demonstrations in China calling for an end to COVID-19 lockdowns. At 7 p.m., Chinese students gathered around the LOVE Sculpture on…

Read More

Mass COVID Protests in China Reveal a Weakened Communist Regime: Expert

November 30, 2022
CCPChinaChina Human RightsChinese RegimeCOVID protestsCOVID-19 protestsSpecial TopicsTiananmen Square protestszero-COVID policies
0 Comment

The mass protests against Beijing’s “zero-COVID” policy in China reveals a weaken the communist regime, according to Anders Corr, publisher of the Journal of Political Risk. “It makes them look weaker than it was in the past,” Corr, who is also an Epoch Times contributor, said in an interview with NTD, sister media outlet of The Epoch Times,…

Read More

The Blank Paper Revolution

November 30, 2022
blank paperChinaCOVID protestsCOVID-19 protestsOpinionrevolutionSpecial TopicsThinking About China
0 Comment

Commentary On Nov. 24, in the Jixiang Garden district at the heart of the city of Urumqi in China’s Xinjiang region, the epidemic prevention and closure policy had been in place for over 100 days, leading to a deadly high-rise fire. Unable to escape or to be otherwise rescued, at least 10 people died, and…

Read More

Overseas Chinese Students Rally to Support COVID Protests in China, Chanting ‘Down With the CCP’

November 30, 2022
Asia & PacificCCP VirusChinaChina Human RightsChinese RegimeColumbia UniversityCOVID protestsCOVID-19 protestsINSIDE CHINAInternationalLocal NewsNew YorkNY NewsRegional-Local Newssocial controlSocial IssuesSpecial TopicsUSvigilWorldXinjiang fire
0 Comment

MANHATTAN, N.Y.–Mass protests have been triggered across China after the Xinjiang apartment fire deaths caused by the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) restrictive “zero-COVID” control measures. Protesters are chanting slogans of “Down with the Communist Party,” “Xi Jinping Step Down,” and “We want freedom and democracy.” It’s the largest protest movement since Tiananmen Square in 1989….

Read More