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  2. 2022 COVID-19 protests in China - Wikipedia

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    A series of protests against COVID-19 lockdowns began in mainland China in November 2022. Colloquially referred to as the White Paper Protests (Chinese: 白纸抗议; pinyin: Bái zhǐ kàngyì) or the A4 Revolution (Chinese: 白纸革命; pinyin: Bái zhǐ gémìng), the demonstrations started in response to measures taken by the Chinese government to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the ...

  3. Crowd angered by lockdowns calls for China's Xi to step down

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    Loaded 0%. SHANGHAI (AP) — Protesters angered by strict anti-virus measures called for China’s powerful leader to resign, an unprecedented rebuke as authorities in at least eight cities ...

  4. Shanghai hit by COVID protests as anger spreads across China

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    Protests simmered in Shanghai early on Sunday, as residents in several Chinese cities, many of them angered by a deadly fire in the country's far west, pushed back against heavy COVID-19 curbs ...

  5. 1986 Chinese student demonstrations - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Student demonstrations took place in a number of Chinese cities from December 1986 until mid-January 1987. [1] The demonstrations started in the city of Hefei before spreading to other cities such as Shanghai and Nanjing. [2] The movement was heavily influenced by the Chinese intellectuals Fang Lizhi and Wang Ruowang, who were critical ...

  6. Protest and dissent in China - Wikipedia

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    Protesters and dissidents in China espouse a wide variety of grievances, most commonly in the areas of unpaid wages, compensation for land development, local environmental activism, or NIMBY activism. Tens of thousands of protests occur each year. National level protests are less common. Notable protests include the 1959 Tibetan uprising, the ...

  7. UPDATE 9-Clashes in Shanghai as COVID protests flare ... - AOL

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    Hundreds of demonstrators and police clashed in Shanghai on Sunday night as protests over China's stringent COVID restrictions flared for a third day and spread to several cities in the wake of a ...

  8. 2022 Shanghai COVID-19 outbreak - Wikipedia

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    A COVID-19 outbreak in the city of Shanghai, China began on February 28, 2022, [1] and ended on August 7, 2022. [2] The outbreak was caused by the Omicron variant and became the most widespread in Shanghai since the pandemic began two years prior. [7] Authorities responded with mass COVID-19 testing and a strict lockdown of the city in an ...

  9. May Thirtieth Movement - Wikipedia

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    Chinese CommunistRevolution. Mao Zedong and leading revolutionaries proclaim the People's Republic of China on October 1, 1949. The May Thirtieth Movement ( simplified Chinese: 五卅运动; traditional Chinese: 五卅運動; pinyin: Wǔsà Yùndòng) was a major labor and anti-imperialist movement during the middle-period of the Republic of ...