some protesters in shanghai: president asian -- some protesters in shanghai called on president xi jinping to step down. martin ritchie joins us from shanghai. you were at the protests, what have you been seeing on the ground? martin: tom, there were pretty unprecedented scenes. i was in the region of the protests last night, sunday evening, in a area where it normally on a sunday evening it would be very placid, very quiet. last night, thousands of people converged on this area to protest covid restrictions. there were hundreds of police bussed in. at times, the protesters would give sarcastic applause to the police coming out of fans. there was a lot of protesters being picked off from the crowd. and the police gradually tried to disperse the crowd down various sidestreets away from the main location. never seen anything like this on in the more than a decade i've been in shanghai. it is unusual to see such protests in the open. the crowd were predominantly young people, under the age of 30. one thing we've reported already was the very significant presence of young women in the crowds a

i am _ the latest from shanghai? thank you for having me. i am about _ the latest from shanghai? thank you for having me. i am about 50 - the latest from shanghai? thank youi for having me. i am about 50 metres from what remains of the protests. i would not call it exactly a protest, it was a mass gathering of people. it has just been dispersed by police, about 30 minutes ago. and essentially they have cordoned off and blockaded the road on which it was happening. but there are still very large crowds gathered, essentially close to the originally site of the protest. and essentially close to the originally site of the protest.— site of the protest. and what is our site of the protest. and what is your view _ site of the protest. and what is your view of — site of the protest. and what is your view of the _ site of the protest. and what is your view of the significance i site of the protest. and what is your view of the significance of| your view of the significance of these protests, how political are they? i these protests, how political are the ? ., , these protests, how po

the most critical protest were definitely in shanghai. you had the crowds shouting. yeah. dan was sitting pinged down with the ccp that has really, really a very unusual because it comes at a great risk. i mean, usually in china, even a critical social media posting could get you into trouble. and if you make that claim publicly it's, it's really very dangerous. i mean, every square inch here and those big cities are, are controlled by surveillance camera. so this really a great risk for those people. and some of them actually also have been, you know, taken away by the police and not only in shanghai, us, and beijing, there were a lot of residential communities who broke down the barriers of their locked down apartments. there were protests in the universities, in many cities here to that's really could be the, the beginning of the end of the 0 covered policy. and do you think that easing china's tough coven restrictions would be enough to satisfy protesters? or does this go to something much deeper whether it really depends for the people who are, who are demonstrating i

free the people in shanghai. amy: on sunday, police in shanghai arrested bbc reporter ed lawrence while he was covering a protest. he was hel for the bbc says he hours. was beaten and kicked by police officers. the protests in china mark an unprecedented challenge to xi jinping's zero-covid policies, which has resulted in extended strict lockdowns across china. last week, hundreds of workers at the world's largest iphone factory clashed with chinese police over covid restrictions which have forced many workers to live at the foxconn factory. videos posted on social media show workers being tear-gassed and beaten outside the plant. earlier today, china announced it would ease some covid restrictions but affirmed its zero-covid strategy. the protests come as covid cases are at record high in china. there were just over 40,000 new infections reported on sunday, a new single day high. throughout the pandemic, china has reported far fewer covid cases and deaths than the united states and many other nations. the united

coven policy under increasing pressure . unprecedented protests and break out in the financial hub, shanghai and several other cities with hundreds calling for authoritarian president . she jim pang to go. the fresh wave of anger sparked by a deadly residential fire. also coming up on the show. tie one's ruling party as thrashed and local elections. president sy, in one step down as leader after her focus on china backfires with voters. we look at what that outcome means or tie one and entirely and all messy turns on the magic as argentina beat, mexico. and get their world to come back on track. ah . hello, i'm claire richardson. thank you very much for joining us. on rest is growing in china over the country. strict coven measures reports are coming in of a fresh protest in downtown shanghai, where hundreds also gathered in the early hours of sunday morning local time. protests have also taken place in several other cities including beijing. the rallies are a rare to fight of chinese authorities with some demonstrators even calling for president she jim pink to resign. earlier this week, 10

did you see in the protests at shanghai, allen? allen: i saw thousands of people converge on the streets of downtown shanghai, people young and old, and filings of police. it was a game of cat and mouse. sometimes police would let people go forward and other times they would confront protesters. it was mostly tense and chaotic but i did see pockets of violence. one of my friends, a bbc cameraman, was allegedly detained and reported. it has been very chaotic and intense. one of the things about this is that it has spread nationwide and it is now started in beijing, wuhan, and other key cities in china. haslinda: what is the court to demand? there are calls for xi jinping to step down. allen: that is one of the demands, but the core is to end covid zero. the demand is to release the prisoners detained on saturday night because they have holding a silent vigil for all the people who died in the fire in room she -- urumqi. we have had three years of this and three years of mass testing and lockdowns. earlier this month, the government

some in shanghai are calling for xi jinping to step down. let's get to allen in shanghai. protests i am understanding is not the issue, it is the scale and speed and how pervasive they are becoming. how bad was it? allen: i thought it was pretty significant. thousands of people converging on downtown shanghai, young and old, and they were confronted by hundreds of police, bust in, a game of cat and mouse. sometimes they would not let them march forward, other times they would not let them go. they had various slogans calling for the end of covid zero. the release of protesters detained after a peaceful vigil. they have political grievances. it was very tense and chaotic. i saw some protesters being hauled away. one of my friends, a bbc cameraman, was detained and allegedly assaulted. from my perspective it was significant. i have been to protest before but they fair -- but they tend to be fairly targeted in china. last year there was one against, that opposed evergrande because they had not paid off their depositors. but those were targeted. this is the first time we have

that one was much bigger and something truly unprecedented in shanghai. one thing i'll say is that in a place like china, it's very hard for your frustrations to be known because there are these bottom—up democratic institutions for people to vent their frustrations —— there aren't. so when they are very frustrated, it builds up into huge protests, and this is happened repeatedly in chinese history. i like to say it takes 1 million people to make change, it takes 1oo 1 million people to make change, it takes 100 million in china. in a certain sense, it's less stable in china because it requires these huge movements to make change. fix, requires these huge movements to make change.— to make change. a fascinating insiuht, to make change. a fascinating insight. and — to make change. a fascinating insight, and in _ to make change. a fascinating insight, and in terms - to make change. a fascinating insight, and in terms of - to make change. a fascinating insight, and in terms of how. insight, and in terms of how people are organising themselves, how

oh, just hours early, a huge crowds turned out in shanghai in a re, a defiance of chinese authorities. years of pandemic locked downs, have pushed people here to the limit. hundreds face down, police and hold on president jean ping to step down. many in the crowd refusing to hide their identities, despite potentially severe consequences for their disobedience scuffles eventually broke out with offices warning the crowds to move back as police reinforcements arrived, a woman can be heard yelling, you were employees, you have food to eat and money to make what about us? it's been 3 years saturdays protest came to a heed following a candlelight vigil for the victims of an apartment 5, it's shaken the country at least teen died in the blaze which broke out on thursday and the northwestern city of odom. she many have blamed the deaths on lockdown restrictions, which they say hemp at rescue effects with some lug was banned from leaving their homes for over 3 months. odom, she residence and now also rising up here. they chant, lift the co would lock down. the tension with officials boils ove

but yet, and shanghai there were already to arrest, according to news agencies from to day. and if you want to get a glimpse about the roots among the people, and if you look at social media, a lot of young, a chinese people, they're posting very critical videos. they're also posting videos of the protests from yesterday and the weekend. of course they get censored immediately, but then there find other ways to, you know, voice, the anger, they play with the center ships, for example, one theme that is quite popular right now. people are posting the video to the pink floyd song in other brick in the wall and in the lyrics it says, we don't need know caught control. and i think that captures really the state of might of many young chinese right now. so across china, how's the government, how are authorities reacting to these protests? it really depends. yesterday in beijing the police was rather cautious because i mean the demonstrations were peaceful and we don't know many latch arrests. but in shanghai, it was different that there was at least a full bus of a police bus, cr

william t road and shanghai. but largely officials are staying quiet on the matter right now. they've also been urging reporters and foreign journalists in particular to stay away from these protests. one of the things that authorities study want to avoid doing is hitches getting asked as they have been over social media, which might inspire more people to get out on to the streets and to voice their anger at what's happening right now. but you would imagine that a thought is right now are calculating their actions that we have heard just a moment ago that this could lead to a harsh crack down. but certainly of authorities feel that this could lead to further on rest. we may see some sort of compromise, but as i say, the government certainly doesn't want to be seen to relenting to the protests as demands right now. and we know you'll be monitoring these ongoing photos force. patrick, thanks very much. at least 14 people have been killed in a landslide in cameron's cap to you one day dozens more still missing. res

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it's happened in shanghai in beijing, in nancy and the other big cities. so this is our president, dan did it. i mean, protest having in china, people take the risk as to voice the opinions, but usually they're limited to one location, but this time it's still across the country. so it isn't very much a challenge to the government. you ought to, i'm willing to get your thoughts on your inside. thank you very much of the of the talking about 0. thank you. thank you. meanwhile, china has registered more than 38000 new cove in cases the capital beijing confirmed of a 4000 new infections. shanghai, a city of 26000000 residents. so only a $178.00 new cases. shanghai is also recorded no code related deaths for 2 consecutive days on the southwest and municipality of chung ching long more than 8000 new cases. of these 9 people, mostly civilians had been killed by al shabbat fighters during an attack on a hotel. in somali as capital mogadishu group had laid siege on the villa rose hotel. for nearly a day, somali 4060 people were rescued when they stormed the buildi

over the weekend, more cities joined in, including beijing and shanghai nation by protest. like these haven't been seen in decades in china. and us corresponding fabi and crouch, my explains the demands from protest her as a truly historic. and i think the difference is that in shanghai and some protest this have an openly demanded seating pink to step down. he and ben jing demonstrators were more cautious. they made it, they also made very critical slogans. for example, the country belongs to the people not to the party, et cetera, but they did not specify specifically criticized seating pink and overseas chinese have also been raising the pressure on beijing with protests elsewhere in the world . like outside the chinese embassy in london, they held a banners calling for the release of protesting citizens in shanghai. the also echoed to shanghai protest as demands for the resignation of she'd, you been here the chanting step down in mentoring and in talking about a 100 people gather at the sheen euchre transition again pulling on she and the communist leadership to resign

and i think the difference is that in shanghai and some protest this have an openly demanded seating pink to step down. he and been ging at the demonstrators were more cautious. they made it, they also made very critical slogans, for example, at the country belonged to the people not to the party, et cetera, but and they did not specify specifically criticized seating pink and overseas chinese have also been raising the pressure on beijing with protests elsewhere in the world, like outside the chinese embassy in london, they held our banners calling for the release of protesting citizens in shanghai. the also echoed to shanghai protested demands for the resignation of she'd you been here there, chanting step down in mandarin and in talking about a 100 people gather at the she euclid transition again calling on she and the communist leadership to resign and singing china's national anthem in sydney, australia, a candlelight vigil over the weekend commemorated the victims of an apartment house fire in chief, immersed in china. 10 people died. many blamed the high death stall on the cit

the also echoed to shanghai protested demands for the resignation of she'd you being here. they are chanting stepped down in mandarin and joking about a 100 people gathered at the she you can transition again calling on she and the communist leadership to resign and singing china's national anthem. in sydney, australia, a candlelight vigil over the weekend, commemorated the victims of an apartment house fire in chief, immersed in china. 10 people died. many blamed the high death stall on the cities covered lockdown, which is trapped people inside their homes. and gentlemen offer more analysis on this is did of the correspondent william yang from our east asia bureau in taipei, william what explains the protests in the chinese mainland, spreading abroad to places like london, tokyo, sidney. this is a trend we have actually already seen just last month when a loan protester display a banner on a bridge in bay jane that call for the chinese leader. she, jim ping to step down in this is once again the overseas chinese student and overseas chinese citizens using their leverage o

shanghai, beijing. these are right in the middle of shanghai and beijing. let's get more on these protests. what is the latest that we know? >> the protests did flare again in shanghai and beijing in particular overnight as well. taking you back to where they started. we started to see push back night especially for residents in beijing not wanting to be taken into quarantine nets which is compulsory if you have covid or close contact with covid. these began to snowball. on saturday a widespread protest in shanghai caused a lot of attention where people were marching down the streets. there was an incident in the west that seemed to feed a lot of these protests where a building was on fire where people were in alleged lockdown and a number of people died. that classic pushback against what people see as unreasonable covid curbs continued overnight. over the weekend we saw them in many different places in china no. university campuses in the east for example. a lot of different places even in wuhan where the virus started and where covid zero started and was

but this is not beijing or shanghai. this small gathering is taking place in hong kong as business district, at its hearts, a vidual to remember those who lost their lives in a building fire last week. in the city of rome, she 10 deaths, it's alleged that were caused by china strict cove. it measures and that have sparked this way, but demonstrations, just like in cities across the chinese mainland. here they hold up blank sheets of paper, now a symbol of descent in his growing movements, all under the watchful eyes of the authorities. he getting the situation in china has gotten worse and worse over the past few years. people's basic demands are ignored. we still where carto, which is want to live like humans. so what that's young a young, legal thinking. what is the hong kong has have been suffering from this regime for so many years and therefore we share the same feelings over you know, what i mean that we, a mainland chinese are facing the same problem. again, i think it matters to hong kong and even the world, like

unprecedented in modern china. dozens of demonstrations breakout nationwide including in beijing and shanghai, as anger flared over ongoing covey restrictions in a rail outpouring of descent. hundreds call for president gigi paying to step down . also coming up as russia continues, its relentless bombardment of cranes recently liberated parasol region. civilians are packing up and leaving their homes in search of safety and encounter leona messy turns on the magic as argentina beat mexico and get their wealth cut back on track. ah, hello monica jones, welcome to the program. unrest is growing and china over the country strict kobe measures. fresh protests have broken out in major cities with hundreds rallying at beijing's elite sing schwab university chanting. we want freedom many also holding up a blank sheets of paper in a symbolic protest against state censorship. more demonstrations have also been reported in shanghai following clashes, this police overnight. public anger has flared after a deadly apartment block flat fire with many blaming and ongoing lock down for hampering rescue effor

that happened in shanghai and, you know, that had huge consequences. there were a lot of arrests, actually. and also today there were arrests and even, you know, one of foreign corresponded, foreign journalist was arrested and even, you know, physically harassed and, and, but he has a british passport a, so he got a free and released after several hours. a chinese don't have that protection, i am sure. there are many of those who are protesting within the group our where political slogans are shouted. they faced several years in prison. that is really a very great risk. tell us a little bit more about the potential repercussions that you've highlighted there. yeah, so, i mean you, you don't have a rule of law here. so basically if the police takes away them, i mean, it happens that you know, especially for human rights or, and quote unquote crime that people just disappear for several years. so am, i mean, you definitely don't have a legal protection if you are in a political protest and basically you could be em, sued for, am no subversion provoking a

there were demonstrations, in some of the biggest cities — including shanghai, wuhan and beijing. from there, stephen mcdonell reports it's not unusual to see acts of defiance in china, but this was something different. chanting. a crowd of protesters in shanghai chanted, calling for the country's leader, xijinping, to stand down and for the communist party to give up power. a fire which killed ten residents in xinjiang last week has prompted widespread anger in china. zero—covid restrictions have been blamed for hampering people's escape and slowing the access for fire crews. whether this is true or not, it sparked waves of protests in the regional capital, urumqi. this has now spread to other cities and university campuses, as spontaneous memorial services for those who died in the fire have transformed into demonstrations calling for an end to lockdowns. translation: it's all too chaotic. the implementation has been so messy. it's been three years already. translation: the pandemic policy is prolonging our suffering. this policy is neither sustainable nor scientific. this pol

there have even been shanghai protesters who have said xi jinping resign, things like that. that is completely unusual. it is unprecedented. and for it to be happening in shanghai, at the university, the university that xi jinping went to when he got his chemical engineering degree in the '70s, that is what makes this quite unusual. >> in china, i really doubt that we got a situation where you'll see an overthrow of the chinese communist party and the chinese leadership. the chinese security services, like all intelligence services in authoritarian countries spend a lot of time to penetrate and get spies inside to know what they're up to. so it's a difficult balancing act, but i don't think we'll see the collapse of the chinese government any time soon. >> public protests and news of rising covid cases rattled the financial markets. in monday's early trading, both the shanghai come po set and hang seng took major blows and the chinese plunged against the u.s. dollar. a look at the u.s. futures ahead of the market opening in a couple hours. dip in asian markets may have impac

powering possibilities. ♪ rishaad: shanghai, 11:29 a.m. we are at the moment counting down to the end of the morning session, at least for equities, and we are looking at the shanghai comp. we have seen covid lockdowns on the slide, just seeing a broad-based markdown, but overall, not that badly off. seeing that some of these infrastructure firms are moving to the upside, which is supporting what is going on as well. elsewhere, pretty mixed, perhaps pointing a little bit to the downside. what is the deal? juliette: japan on holiday today, we're looking at hong kong tech stocks see sawing, investors weighing the implications of the report that and is facing a fine of more than one billion dollars from china's central bank, and we are watching kiwi assets. stocks down, yields surging. signal of further tightening ahead, which he claims is needed to bring inflation back to within that 1% to 3% target range. let's get you caught up now on the first word news. as i mentioned, chinese authorities are reportedly planning to impose a fine of more

unprecedented in modern china . dozens of demonstrations breakout nationwide including in beijing and shanghai. as anger flared over ongoing cove with night in restrictions, in a rare outpouring of descent, hundreds call for president, judging ping to step down. also coming up in parts of ukraine recently liberated from russian forces, we meet the ukrainians, struggling with guilt at mistrust. as they ask, just who collaborated with moscow and other world carp, germany's prospects brightened before their vital match to night with spain. and that's thanks to a shocking wind by costa rica, which has left things wide open and groupie, the caribbean nation scored on their 1st shot on target to beat japan. ah, monica jones in berlin. welcome to the program. large protests have broken out in several cities across china over the country strict and ongoing cobit measures. the demonstrations are a rare defiance of chinese authorities and come amid rising anger over lengthy lock downs. some protesters are calling for president jim ping to resign. chinese officials have refused to back down over their si

for days, crowns have rallied in beijing, shanghai, and others. and he's calling for an end to lock downs. and in some cases, even for president, she doing things resignation. this is extremely rare. and china solidarity protests have also spread around the world. after a weekend of public unrest and anger mo, protests that china 0 cove, it policy, but this is not beijing or shanghai. this small gathering is taking place in hong kong business district. that it's hot a vidual to remember those who lost their lives in a building fire. last week. in the city of rome, she 10 deaths, it's alleged that were caused by china strict coded measures. and that have sparked this wave of demonstrations, just like in cities across the chinese mainland. here they hold up blank sheets of paper, now a symbol of descent in his growing movements, all under the watchful eyes of the authorities. getting the situation in china has gotten worse and worse over the past few years, people's basic demands are ignored. we still where car tow, which is one to live like humans.

unprecedented in modern china. dozens of demonstrations break out nationwide including in beijing and shanghai as anger layers over ongoing cove. 19 restrictions in a row outpouring of to send hundreds call for president eugene ping to step down. i didn't catch our lionel nessie returns so on the magic as argentina beat mexico and get the world cup back on track. ah, monica jones well come to the program. unrest is growing in china over the country strict cove 19 measures. fresh protests have broken out in major cities with hundreds rallying at beijing's lead sink while university chanting we want freedom . many also holding up blanket sheets of paper in a symbolic protest against the state censorship. more demonstrations have also been reported in shanghai following clashes with police overnight. public anger has flared after a deadly apartment block fire with many blaming an ongoing lockdown for hampering rescue efforts. chinese officials have defended their c recovered policy despite the growing public backlash. and we can talk now to correspondent faddie and catch now who is in beijing a f

in shanghai, it's even heavy. i mean, there are people who get arrested if they don't show their id or if they don't show their phone because what the police does is they check any critical photos that you might have on your phone or any western app. or, for example, a messenger apps as telegram or, or also instagram, any apps that might be used to share and document critical contents. now some corporate rules seem to have been ease since the protests began. is that assigned that china is actually yielding to some demands of the demonstrators? well, the, the easing so far is not substantial. i would say i'm china will stick to 0. cobit that's the bigger picture today. the government announced to boost they are vaccination campaign for the elderly. probably that's a good sign to open up in the long term, but i think it will stick to a 0. cobit, at least for this winter, and you know, those smart uses, you can say maybe they meet a little bit of the demand of the protesters, but really only a little bit. now, are th

doesn't strike twice for that's exactly what's happened at disneyland to shanghai for the 2nd time. in less than 12 months, thousands of visitors are, were trapped inside the theme park. apparently after that, been an infected person or a close contact of infected person that had been inside. so they were told that they weren't allowed to leave until they had a negative test. a thought is also a nouns that any body that being to the park since last thursday had to go and get tested 3 days in a room. we have to talk about this extraordinary video that circulating on social media as well. of people rushing for the exits and an employee of the park calling out to them saying that the amusements are still open and the restaurants are still open. i mean, this gives you an idea of how this sort of thing has really become normalized in this country. but people are incredibly afraid they're afraid of, for these disruptive are locked fans of right now. there are millions of people across the country in more than 200 as separate loc dance. and you know, the governors really given itself an im

ah, a heavy police presence on the streets of beijing and shanghai, or to red protest erupt against china's talk code the 19 policy. ah, i'm carry johnston your way vouchers here where life and also coming up security forces in somalia, a storm, a hotel in mogadishu to end a siege by archibald fighters. 15 people are killed. ukraine's president warns of another cold and dark week accusing rusher of planning more attacks on energy infrastructure and in sport making progress. what school in brazil secure their places in the 16 to welcome china has stepped up security in its largest city shanghai following days of red protests against to present she, jim pings 0 cove it policy demonstrates, has had flooded the streets and university campuses across several major cities over the weekend, they were calling for political freedom and an end to locked out, but at least saw out in full force in the capital beijing, after peaceful protests there had been unprecedented demands for present she, jim pins, resignation. he recently began an historic 3rd term in office, although also protest in hong kong i

she's on big screen with a heavy police presence on the streets of beijing and shanghai. off to red protest erupt against china's tough coping. 19 policy ah, on carry johnston, you're with al jazeera where lot from tow, also coming up. security forces in somalia, storm a hotel in mogadishu to end a siege by al shabba fighters. 15 people are killed. wells largest to active volcano in hawaii, erupts for the 1st time in decades. and in sports, making progress, sports school in brazil to kill their places. all 16 who welcomed new china has stepped up security and it's the largest city shanghai. following days of rare protests against present, she jane pings 0 copay. policy. demonstrators had flooded the streets, st. university campuses across several major cities over the weekend. they were calling for political freedom and an end to lock downs where the police saw out in full force in the capital beijing of the peaceful protest there had been unprecedented demands for president. she jim pings resignation. he recently began and historic 3rd time and office. there were also pr

it is notjust in beijing, but also in shanghai. some of them are holding blank white sheets of paper, a symbolic protest against what they see as censorship and their freedom to call for the president and the communist party to 90, president and the communist party to go, which some of them are doing. of course, at great risk to themselves and their families. course, at great risk to themselves and theirfamilies. we course, at great risk to themselves and their families. we will keep across any developments on those protests in china and keep you updated right here on bbc news. the time now is ten past five, and... here, the transport secretary has been talking about the industrial dispute on the railways, which has led to more strikes scheduled for next month. mark harper said there had to be reforms to the rail system to free up money for a pay offer for workers, and warned there wasn�*t a "bottomless pit" of taxpayers money to throw at the problem. here�*s our political correspondent, helen catt. there have been repeated wal

let me just jump in the 1st a to come because that's just focus all the shanghai you scenario. it is the financial commercial hub of the country. and i just wondered, in your opinion, how worried the authorities would be by seam demonstration, so widely filmed in the principal city within china. absolutely. bar. it's because this is something the, because of how many people are on the street on the one hand. but also because it goes wrong, the topic colby, it locked down to questioning the whole system of china, the government of the company's party and all that because the people see him responsible for these cereal corporate policy. so their leadership must be very, very much and it's very hot for them. what to do would have either the option to ent see ro, colby, but your cold. it is still much. ling. you've been saying to the ideology thing already and it will be like difficult if not impossible. 2000 these they are, this was a mistake. the correct is no order. you violence against the people like that it in 1809. but this could even create more grotesque though that very d

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probably not coincidentally, the very long lockdown in shanghai from april this year. so, i think it's very much about the scale and the relatively simultaneous, if notjoined—up nature of some of these protests across very different geographies in china, including the xinjiang region. how do you expect the chinese communist party to respond to this? that's an interesting question. we've seen the authorities in urumqi, where the mourning and anti—lockdown protests broke out last week, issue an apology. some kind of self—criticism perhaps could be coming in those particular places, where officials could be held responsible, but it's always very difficult to predict chinese politics, but my money would be on a clampdown rather than probably further concessions. the situation�*s probably going to get uglier before it gets better. andrew, this is a question i wonder if anyone has the answer to, but i'll ask you anyway — why do you think the authorities in china are persisting with a zero—covid strategy when it clearly isn't working? when, despite that policy, th

this is i, i think china and shanghai are now controlling the epidemic quite well. as the weather gets colder, the epidemic will definitely see a resurgence to a certain extent. that's more, i think it will be fine after a while. katrina, you joins us now live from bay ging. so our authorities now preventing protests from taking place. they are definitely we're seeing chinese police and various cities across the country using coercive tactics and heavy handed surveillance in order to prevent any repeat of the process that we saw on the weekend here in beijing on the following monday morning. and also today on tuesday, there were some reports and some of the protesters were attended that demonstration on sunday by the river here in beijing, they said that they had been individually contacted by police told to come to the police station deliver statements about who they were with and how they came to know about the protests. some were also detained themselves for a few hours in all of them. received warnings not to attend similar protests in the future. and many of th

it seems mainly to be in the shanghai case, which is a very particular corner of china. what makes these protests different than the ones we have seen before against zero—covid restrictions? i think it is very much the scale and the nationwide coverage of the process this time. of the protests this time. the discontent has certainly been building up, particularly since, not coincidentally, the very long lockdown in shanghai from april this year, so i think it is very much about the scale and the relatively simultaneous, if notjoined—up nature of some of these protests across very different geographies in china, including the xinjiang region. it is an interesting question. we have seen the authorities in urumqi, where the morning in urumqi, where the mourning and anti—lockdown protests broke out last week. we have seen them issue an apology, some kind of self—criticism perhaps could be coming in those particular places, where officials could be held responsible, but it is always very difficult to predict chinese politics, but my money would be on a clampdown rathe

so coming up after bay ging and shanghai angering one joe against china's curve at 19 restrictions, the u. s. says it's reduce the number of joint patrols with kurdish fighters. it backs in northern syria and to break through treatment to slow the effects of old simon shows early success. there was some serious side effects. ah, we start this news hour in china where the lead accredited with steering the country to global power has died. former president jang salmon was 96. he came to office just after the 1999 gentlemen square protests and crack down. he seen as one of the architects of china's transformation into a market economy. katrina, you look back on this life. rare among chinese leaders, junglin seemed to enjoy the spotlight. he stepped into the top job during a turbulent period. he was appointed communist party general secretary, in june, 1989 following the military crackdown on student led protests in tenement square. his predecessor, delta young, had been removed from power for openly sympathizing with the demonstrators. john was the former mayor of shanghai, a city then at

he, when you go to shanghai, he was very, very popular and shanghai which was his power base and taxi drivers always had stories about him and, and then you come into the huge, entire year after that. and the stories and the technocrats come in. and now we have, she didn't being who courses another stage in some ways of communist rule in china and that he's very much hard line the communist party figure, not to say the young men didn't oversee his own share of them, of events that were controversial, including the crackdown on the fallen gong movement, the spiritual movement which was led to a lot of people being arrested and killed, to we know what he thought of shipping. and he, he was this. i think he was the skeptic because he led the shanghai faction, which i was supposedly in opposition to, to see jim things function at the party congress last year. he very, he had a large magnifying glass and he was kept looking at his watch during shipping speech. and things are that he, he, he was sort of, they were, they were, they were rivals, but at the same time they both believed in keep

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now. china had stepped up security in shanghai in beijing. following days of rare protests against innocent gigi, things 0 covert policy. demonstrators have been calling for political freedom, and in the end to locked downs. at least 9 people have been killed by al chabad fighters during an attack on a hotel smires capital market issue. smalley forces, say they rescued 60 people, they ended. the seat. and radian general hasn't knowledge that more than 300 people have been killed in protests across the country. meanwhile, around says it will not cooperate with you. in fact, finding mission into alleged human rights violations during the crackdown or protests. now the 3rd round of talks on the peace process in the democratic republic of congo has begun in the canyon capital nairobi, rondon the president. pork army said he fully supports efforts to stem the violence . the m $23.00 rebel group, widely believed to be backed by rwanda is not attending the meeting. the fighters have seized a significant amount of territory in the east of the country

covered 19 testing is resumed in the chinese city of shanghai, of the protest. calling for an end to the government. and that make policies. factions are increasing is by tens of millions of people being under some form of restrictions. it's got more now from patrick falk who joins us from hong kong and understand officials have been talking. what is the signal? are they considering rolling back or revising some of the restrictions code 19 restrictions while at the protest movement has taken a dramatic turn over the past 24 hours? certainly, but authorities do seem to be addressing one key issue and they're saying, well, national health commission is announced that they will boost vaccinations, particularly among the elderly in china. that particular vulnerable or group is seen as key to opening up and moving away from the 0 curve at strategy. they say that they're going to be asking elderly people who refuse to get vaccinated, why they refuse to do so. remember, vaccines are mandated in china, so it's difficult to say whether or not this is going to be enough t

>> i have a police presence on the streets of beijing and shanghai after rare street protesters -- erupt into violence in protest of the strict covid policy. ♪ >> this is al jazeera, live from doha. also cominup. security forces in somalia storm hotel in mogadishu to into siege by al-shabaab fighters. nieople are killed. returning what was stolen, a london museum gives a collection back to the nigerian government. we have all the latest world cup action on and off the pitch. both portugal and brazil secured their place. ♪ china has stepped up security in its largest city shanghai following days of rare protests against president she's zero covid policy. there were protest across several major cities over the weekend. the police are out in full force in the capital beijing as well after peaceful protest there. making unprecedented demands for the president to resign. he recently took on a historic third term in office. there were demonstrations on the mainland. >> with more of china going into lockdown, frustration is building. we can demonstrations in shanghai and other major cities