Category: COVID-19 protests

New Yorkers Protest China’s COVID-19 Restrictions at Chinese Consulate, Mourn Deaths of Urumqi Fire Victims

New Yorkers gather at the Chinese consulate in New York on Nov. 29 for a protest in support of demonstrations held in China calling for an end to COVID-19 lockdowns. Over the weekend, people took to the streets in major cities including Shanghai and Beijing, and gathered at university campuses across China to criticize the Chinese…


LIVE NOW: New Yorkers Protest China’s COVID-19 Lockdowns at Chinese Consulate, Mourn Deaths of Urumqi Fire Victims

New Yorkers gather at the Chinese consulate in New York on Nov. 29 for a protest in support of demonstrations held in China calling for an end to COVID-19 lockdowns. Over the weekend, people took to the streets in major cities including Shanghai and Beijing, and gathered at university campuses across China to criticize the Chinese…


New Yorkers Protest China’s COVID-19 Lockdowns at Chinese Consulate, Mourn Deaths of Urumqi Fire Victims

New Yorkers gather at the Chinese consulate in New York on Nov. 29 for a protest in support of demonstrations held in China calling for an end to COVID-19 lockdowns. Over the weekend, people took to the streets in major cities including Shanghai and Beijing, and gathered at university campuses across China to criticize the Chinese…


Mass Defiance in China Shows Populace Fed Up With Communist Control

A blank sheet of white paper has become the latest symbol of defiance in communist China. From Beijing to Shanghai, throngs of protesters over the weekend held wordless papers high to vent their frustrations over the regime’s harsh COVID rules, while digital white rectangles inundated feeds on the country’s largest social media platform WeChat—even as…


Protests in China Are a Rebellion Against the Communist Regime’s Suppression: Rights Activist

British human rights activist Benedict Rogers said the wave of protests against Beijing’s “zero-COVID” policy that spread to at least 10 cities in China over the weekend is a manifestation of rebellion against the Chinese regime’s repression. “They are, I think, a boiling over of not just frustration at the very draconian COVID lockdowns, but…


Chinese Authorities Start Tracking Down Protestors After Mass COVID Demonstrations

Chinese police have started targeting participants of last weekend’s mass protests against the communist regime’s harsh COVID-19 policies, according to reports, suggesting the surveillance state is kicking into full gear in response to the country’s biggest display of civil disobedience in decades. Two protesters told Reuters that callers identifying themselves as Beijing police officers asked…


Foreign Leaders Voice Support for China’s COVID Protesters After Unprecedented Display of Opposition to Communist Regime

A fatal apartment fire in China’s Urumqi city has sparked protests in dozens of Chinese cities and universities over the problems caused by the regime’s strict epidemic control measures. The protests have quickly spread abroad and received international solidarity. The White House and U.S. State Department issued statements stressing that everyone has the right to…


US Embassy Warns About China’s Expanded Pandemic Measures

The U.S. Embassy in China recommended that compatriots keep a 14-day supply of medications, bottled water, and food on hand, said a release on Nov. 28. Ambassador Nicholas Burns also tweeted that the embassy is “monitoring the COVID situation and assisting U.S. citizens with challenges due to lockdowns and restrictions.” An emergency number, “+86 10…


China’s Protests Over COVID Lockdowns Spread Abroad In Show Of International Solidarity

Protests against the Chinese communist regime for its harsh COVID-19 lockdowns and other severe measures have rocked the nation, with demonstrators from different countries joining in to show support. Protests in China were triggered by the horrific deaths of at least 10 people in Urumqi, Xinjiang, who died due to an apartment fire. First responders…


Quebec Judge Favours Mother’s Wish to Have Son Vaccinated for COVID Without Father’s Consent

A Quebec judge has ruled in favour of a mother who wants to have her son to receive COVID-19 vaccination without the father’s consent, and has also banned the father from taking the child to participate in COVID-19 protests. In a ruling dated April 12, Superior Court Justice Nathalie Pelletier sided with the 10-year-old’s mother,…