Category: protest

UC Berkeley Students Protest China’s COVID Lockdowns, Mourn Deaths of Urumqi Fire Victims

Overseas Chinese students at University of California–Berkeley will protest and mourn the deaths of Urumqi fire victims in China at 10 p.m. ET on Nov. 28. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. Access the livestream on this page, and also at EpochTV. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on…


US Stock Indexes Fall as Lockdown Protests Spread in China

A broad slide on Wall Street left stocks lower Monday as global financial markets reacted to protests in China calling for Chinese leader Xi Jinping to step down amid growing anger over severe COVID-19 restrictions. The S&P 500 fell 1.5 percent, clawing back all of the benchmark index’s gains from last week. The Dow Jones…


What Is Immediately Needed From the Biden Admin to Aid the Chinese Protesters?

Commentary Xi Jinping’s “zero-COVID” policy and protests sparked by the fire that killed people in an apartment building in Urumqi. According to many accounts, the victims were locked inside due to COVID measures. This horrific outcome of the “zero-COVID” policy has caused subsequent protests in Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Nanjing, Shanghai, Wuhan, and other cities calling…


China Tightens Security After Rare Protests Against COVID-19 Curbs

SHANGHAI/BEIJING—Police on Monday stopped and searched people at the sites of weekend protests in Shanghai and Beijing, after crowds there and in other Chinese cities demonstrated against stringent COVID-19 measures disrupting lives three years into the pandemic. From the streets of several Chinese cities to dozens of university campuses, protesters made a show of civil…


Rare Mass Protests Erupt in Chinese Cities as Outrage Over Zero-COVID Restrictions Boils Over

Rare mass protests against COVID-19 lockdowns have broken out across China, including in major cities, as more cities have announced lockdowns due to a surging number of COVID-19 infections. Despite the regime releasing new epidemic prevention regulations, aimed at preventing excessive use of control measures by local authorities, the updated policies still adheres to the restrictive…


Mass Protests After Apartment Fire Deaths in Xinjiang See Authorities Lift Lockdown

Rare mass protests against COVID-19 lockdowns have broken out across China, including in major cities, following the horrific deaths of at least 10 people in Xinjiang’s capital city of Urumqi in north-western China, when first responders were unable to reach an apartment fire that was left to burn for hours due to COVID-19 blockades and locks throughout…


Mass Protests After Xinjiang Apartment Fire Deaths Sees Chinese Authorities Lift Some Lockdowns

Rare mass protests against COVID-19 lockdowns have broken out across China, including in major cities, following the horrific deaths of at least 10 people in Xinjiang’s capital city of Urumqi in north-western China, when first responders were unable to reach an apartment fire that was left to burn for hours due to COVID-19 blockades and locks throughout…


Protests Erupt Across China as Authorities Expand COVID Lockdowns

Protests against COVID-19 lockdowns have broken out in major cities across China as reported infected cases surge. Despite the regime’s new epidemic prevention regulations that aimed to prevent the excessive control measures by local authorities, China is still sticking to the restrictive “zero-COVID” policies. With rapidly rising infection numbers, more cities have expanded lockdowns, causing…


Blank Sheets of Paper Become Symbol of Defiance in China Protests

SHANGHAI/BEIJING—Chinese protesters have turned to blank sheets of paper to express their anger over COVID-19 restrictions in a rare, widespread outpouring of public dissent that has gone beyond social media to some of China’s streets and top universities. Images and videos circulated online showed students at universities in cities including Nanjing and Beijing holding up…


Protests in Shanghai and Beijing as Anger Over China’s COVID-19 Curbs Mounts

SHANGHAI/BEIJING—Crowds of demonstrators in Shanghai shouted and held up blank sheets of papers early on Sunday evening, as protests flared in China against heavy COVID-19 curbs following a deadly fire in the country’s far west sparked widespread anger. The wave of civil disobedience, which has included protests in cities including Beijing and Urumqi, where the…