One man’s demands became the rallying cries for the country’s biggest demonstrations in a generation.
Tag: Censorship
Exiled Russian TV Station’s Reference to Troops Causes Fury in Latvia
A news host’s comment about helping troops prompted the Latvian authorities to revoke the license of TV Rain, a major independent outlet, putting a focus on the public role of Russians who fled.
After Xi’s Coronation, a Roar of Discontent Against His Hard-Line Politics
Protests in China have roused a tradition of dissent that had seemed spent after 10 years under Xi Jinping. The effects may far outlast the street clashes.
Your Thursday Briefing: Jiang Zemin Dies
Plus China’s censors struggle to keep up with protests.
Xi Jinping Faces Another Dilemma: How to Mourn Jiang Zemin
The former president’s death drew tributes from Chinese people at a fraught moment for the current leader, Xi Jinping, who faces widespread criticism of his harsh Covid policies.
Protests Stretch China’s Censorship to Its Limits
Days later, videos of chants and confrontations are still visible on the Chinese internet. It’s a sign of how a groundswell outmatched the world’s best internet control system.
China’s Dramatic Dissent
The unrest that has swept across the country is a rare public challenge to the world’s most powerful authoritarian government.
China Uses Surveillance, Intimidation to Snuff Out Covid Protests
Communist Party officials are using decades-old tactics, along with some new ones, to quash the most widespread protests in decades. But Xi Jinping is silent.
Proud, Scared and Conflicted. What the China Protesters Told Me.
In more than a dozen interviews, young people explained how the events of the past few days became what one called a “tipping point.”
At a China Covid Protest, a Mix of Giddy Elation and Anxiety
In a country where protests are swiftly quashed, many who gathered to voice their discontent — under the watchful eye of the police — were uncertain about how far to go.