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.
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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.
Why Protesters in China Are Using Blank Sheets of White Paper
In a country where the authorities have little tolerance for open dissent, demonstrators against Covid restrictions have turned to more subtle methods.
Deadly Fire in China Fuels Protests Over Xi’s Covid Policies
Protests became rare once the government cut off most routes to collective action. But ubiquitous Covid rules, bringing shared suffering, have created a focus for anger.
Your Tuesday Briefing: Rishi Sunak to Lead Britain
Plus Chinese markets react to a stronger Xi Jinping and young Chinese pursue quiet dissent.
China’s Internet Censors Race to Quell Beijing Protest Chatter
Some search terms were banned, WeChat accounts suspended and songs removed to stop discussion of a rare public protest denouncing Xi Jinping.
How Iranians in New York Are Helping the Protests Abroad
“It’s really been a very long process of suffering that has led to this moment,” one activist said.