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WATCH: Chinese citizens protest against Zero Covid policy, clash with police in Guangzhou

Even as China is ravaged by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Chinese government has chosen to deal with the crisis with a series of stringent methods, including a rather harsh lockdown, as part of its Zero Covid policy

China: Demonstrators attack police in Guangzhou as protests against Covid-19 lockdown escalate

The violence in Guangzhou was a marked escalation from similar protests in Shanghai, Beijing and other Chinese cities over the weekend. The current wave of country wide protests in biggest wave of civil disobedience in China since Xi Jinping started his reign as president a decade ago

China: Amid widespread protests against Zero Covid policy, Chinese govt launches major crackdown

As part of the government crackdown, students of several universities have been sent home. The search for people involved in the demonstrations has been intensified, while a large number of policemen have been deployed in major cities including the capital Beijing and major economic hub Shanghai

China lockdown protests pause under heavy policing

A deadly fire last week in Urumqi, the capital of northwest China's Xinjiang region, was the catalyst for public outrage, with protesters taking to the streets of cities around the country over the weekend

Explained: How COVID-19 frustrations have pushed Chinese out on to the streets

Discontent has been brewing in China for months over the country's zero-COVID policy. A gruelling lockdown in Shanghai in late March brought the first visible glimmer of widespread dissent followed by campus protests, and finally the Urumqi protests

Explained: How China's zero-COVID policy has left people in Beijing frustrated

Beijing's tightening restrictions come as the city is reporting its highest-ever number of daily infections. Residents are now growing tired of navigating vague, shifting restrictions and uncertainties

Beijing goes into semi-lockdown as COVID-19 cases start rising in China

COVID-19 cases in China on Friday rose to over 25,000, including more than 500 in Beijing, prompting city officials to advise millions of residents to stay home and undergo daily testing

Tech behemoth Foxconn: The new victim of China’s zero-COVID strategy

Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics manufacturer, is the latest victim of China's no-compromise zero-COVID strategy, as Beijing has imposed a strict lockdown on an area of central China housing a massive iPhone factory run by the tech giant

China: Hunger, lack of medicines after 40 days of COVID-19 lockdown in Xinjiang

Hundreds of posts from Xinjiang province's Ghulja riveted users of Chinese social media last week, with residents sharing videos of empty fridges, feverish children, and people screaming from their windows

China locks down 65 million people ahead of national holidays to prevent spread of COIVD-19

Despite the relatively low number of infections, authorities have adhered to a ‘zero-COVID’ policy requiring lockdowns, quarantines and the confining of close contact with confirmed case