China

2022 - 11 - 27

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China Covid: Protests continue in major cities across the country (BBC News)

Demonstrators gathered in the capital Beijing and the financial hub Shanghai, as well as Wuhan.

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Hong Kong stocks fall 3% amid unrest in China over Covid restrictions (CNBC)

Asia-Pacific markets traded lower on Monday amid unrest in China over its continued zero-Covid policy and a growing number of cases reported in the nation.

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Yuan, Commodity Currencies Slide as China Covid Unrest Hits Mood (Bloomberg)

The yuan slumped, the Australian dollar led commodity currencies lower and the greenback strengthened against most major peers as protests in China against ...

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Stocks, oil skid as China's COVID protests roil sentiment (Reuters)

Stocks and oil weakened on Monday as rare protests in major Chinese cities against the country's strict zero-COVID policy raised worries about management of ...

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Protests against Covid controls erupt across China (CNBC)

Rare protests broke out across China over the weekend as groups of people vented their frustration over the zero-Covid policy.

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China's zero-Covid protests create a rare nationwide coalition of ... (Financial Times)

Every day, somewhere in China, there is a local protest going on. The country sees hundreds of strikes a year, from staff protesting over unpaid wages to ...

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Oil drops more than $1 as China's COVID protests fuel demand ... (Reuters)

Brent, WTI fall for third consecutive week · Clashes in Shanghai as COVID protests flare across China · EU delays talks on Russian oil price cap · Investors focus ...

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Morning Bid: China crisis brewing (Reuters)

Nov 28 (Reuters) - A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever. Purchasing managers index (PMI) data will be the key economic driver for ...

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Oil Retreats to the Lowest Since 2021 on China's Covid Unrest (Bloomberg)

โ€œSentiment in the oil market remains negative, and developments over the weekend in China will certainly not help,โ€ said Warren Patterson, head of commodities ...

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China markets tank as protests erupt over Covid lockdowns (CNN)

China's major stock indices and its currency have opened sharply lower Monday, as widespread protests against the country's stringent Covid-19 restrictions ...

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China Assets on Choppy Path Amid Covid Unrest, Analysts Say (Bloomberg)

Market watchers expect Chinese assets to remain choppy in the coming months as growing unrest in the mainland over Covid restrictions cast a shadow over the ...

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Stocks, oil skid as China's COVID-19 protests roil sentiment (CNA)

SYDNEY: Stocks and oil slid sharply on Monday (Nov 28) as rare protests in major Chinese cities against the country's.

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China's Covid Restrictions Are Forcing Farmers to Destroy Crops (Bloomberg)

China's strict Covid controls are leaving farmers with no option other than to destroy crops they can no longer sell, triggering concerns about food ...

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Dollar gains, yuan slides as China's Covid unrest spooks markets (CNBC)

The dollar climbed on Monday as protests against Covid restrictions in China rattled financial markets, sending the yuan sliding.

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China Markets Slide as Covid Protests Put Investors on Edge (Bloomberg)

Chinese assets slumped Monday as a sense of chaos and uncertainty gripped traders after growing protests against Covid curbs complicated the nation's path ...

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China's COVID protestors, censors play cat-and-mouse game online (Aljazeera.com)

Chinese censors are scrambling to scrub references to protest codewords and demonstration hotspots like Xinjiang.

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European markets head for lower open as Covid protests in China ... (CNBC)

European markets are heading for a lower open on Monday as investors keep a close eye on unrest in China as the public demonstrates against Covid lockdowns.

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Dollar rises, yuan slumps as China's COVID unrest spooks markets (Reuters)

The dollar climbed on Monday as protests in China against the government's anti-COVID policies made investors turn away from riskier assets, and consigned ...

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Rare protests are spreading across China. Here's what you need to ... (CNN)

From Shanghai to Beijing, protests have erupted across China in a rare show of dissent against the ruling Communist Party sparked by anger over the ...

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Comments from market watchers on the COVID-19 protests in China (Reuters)

As anger over China's strict zero COVID-19 policy intensifies, residents in some major cities took to the streets at the weekend, clashing with police over ...

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Live news updates: China's official media stress zero-Covid policy ... (Financial Times)

Shares in China fell on Monday after protests against the country's harsh Covid-19 policies erupted in Beijing, Shanghai and other cities over the weekend ...

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Shanghai tightens security after anti-lockdown protests across China (Reuters)

Shanghai authorities put up barriers on Monday around a city centre area where hundreds of people protested over the weekend against heavy COVID-19 measures ...

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Everything You Need to Know About China's Covid Protests and ... (Bloomberg)

After nearly three years of enduring uncompromising Covid rules, lockdowns, and endless rounds of testing, it seems some people in China have finally had ...

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China's protests: Blank paper becomes the symbol of rare ... (BBC News)

Similarly, in the capital Beijing, protesters came armed with scraps of paper to a demonstration at Beijing's prestigious Tsinghua University, once attended by ...

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China's protests over lockdowns spread to campuses and ... (Reuters)

Protests against China's strict zero-COVID policy and restrictions on freedoms have spread to at least a dozen cities around the world in a show of ...

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China Covid protests: Fury and fear of virus puts Xi Jinping in a bind (BBC News)

For three years the patience of one billion Chinese was stretched with lockdowns - now it's snapped.

China's protests over Covid-19 lockdowns spread to campuses and ... (The Straits Times)

The gatherings are a rare instance of Chinese at home and abroad uniting in anger. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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China protests could usher in 'more authoritarian' Xi era, analyst says (CNBC)

The eruption over the weekend of mass protests in China could mark the start of a "more authoritarian" era in President Xi Jinping's premiership.

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China tightens security after rare protests against COVID-19 curbs (CNA)

SHANGHAI/BEIJING: Police on Monday (Nov 28) patrolled the scenes of weekend protests in Shanghai and Beijing after crowds there and in other cities across ...

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Xi Jinping's 'myth of infallibility' tested as zero-Covid protests rattle ... (Financial Times)

We'll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Chinese politics & policy news every morning. In 2011, Xi Jinping, China's then vice- ...

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Protests at China lockdowns spread, with supply chains looking ... (theloadstar.com)

A fire which killed 10 people in Urumqi, capital of the western Xinjiang region, appears to have triggered the widespread unrest, and strong-arm reprisals from ...

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China protests send global stocks lower as strategists see Covid ... (CNBC)

Almost three years of lockdown measures have dragged down the Chinese economy and pushed youth unemployment to nearly 20%. UBS strategists noted that a ...

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China Covid: Chinese TV censors shots of maskless World Cup fans (BBC News)

As anti-lockdown protests rock China, state TV tries to hide a world moving on from Covid.

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Analysis: China protests highlight Xi's COVID policy dilemma - to ... (Reuters)

While some protesters chanted "Down with Xi Jinping, Down with Chinese Communist Party", most other people only concerned themselves with resisting a lockdown ...

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How a blank piece of paper became the symbol of China's protests (Axios)

The big picture: Blank signs were previously displayed during the Hong Kong protests in 2020 and the demonstrations in Russia earlier this year against the ...

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