Chinese riot police in white hazmat suits clashed with people in southern China’s Guangzhou city on Tuesday night, according to online videos seen by Reuters. In one Twitter video, dozens of riot police holding shields advanced in formation over what looked like torn-down lockdown barriers, while objects were thrown in their direction. Later, police were […]

Frank Gaffney, an executive chairman for the Center for Security Policy, analyzes the rare in-person protest against Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party in China.

Protests against the Chinese communist regime for its harsh COVID-19 lockdowns and other severe measures have rocked the nation, with demonstrators from different countries joining in to show support. Protests in China were triggered by the horrific deaths of at least 10 people in Urumqi, Xinjiang, who died due to an apartment fire. First responders […]

Outside Beijing, residents across the country are expressing their discontent. In Wuhan city, a man was caught on camera destroying a barrier fence. It has been put up to prevent people from leaving a residential compound.    

After a mass protest, residents in a southern Chinese mega city are getting the freedom they asked for. Lockdown measures were briefly lifted in the city, but the reopening was short-lived.  

Despite the rest of the world mostly moving on from COVID-19 lockdowns, China has continued to enforce strict zero-COVID restrictions in many areas of the country. Such tight restrictions have sparked clashes between residents and local officials.

Guangzhou, China’s third largest city and a major manufacturing and trade hub, is under a new round of lockdowns following an uptick in local COVID-19 cases—over 2,000 cases reported in 24 hours.