Beijing’s costly policy of lockdowns has pummeled the world’s second-largest economy and set off mass public protests that were a rare challenge to China’s leader, Xi Jinping.
Category: Demonstrations, Protests and Riots
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China Eases ‘Zero Covid’ Restrictions in Victory for Protesters
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Strikes Across Iran Lead to Shuttered Shops and Ghost Towns
The New York Times – Business:Activists say it is the next phase in an uprising that began in September, after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of the morality police.
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The Week in Business: Upheaval in China
The New York Times – Business:The labor market showed continued resilience. President Biden signed legislation averting a rail strike. And a near-total embargo on Russian oil takes effect.
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Elon’s Two-Day War with Apple + How to Beat an A.I. Censor + S.B.F.’s ‘Bad Month’
The New York Times – Business:Musk takes on tech’s fight against the Apple “tax.”
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How China’s Police Used Phones and Faces to Track Protesters
The New York Times – Business:After a weekend of protests, the authorities in China are using the country’s all-seeing surveillance apparatus to find those bold enough to defy them.
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Protests Stretch China’s Censorship to Its Limits
The New York Times – Business: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 Protests Over ‘Zero Covid’ Follow Months of Economic Pain
The New York Times – Business:President Xi Jinping’s unbending approach to the pandemic has hurt businesses and strangled growth, squeezing the world’s second-largest economy.
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Proud, Scared and Conflicted. What the China Protesters Told Me.
The New York Times – Business:In more than a dozen interviews, young people explained how the events of the past few days became what one called a “tipping point.”
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Stocks Drop as Economic Worries Weigh on Sentiment
The New York Times – Business:After turmoil in China set a negative tone, a Fed governor suggested the market was underestimating the chance that the central bank would have to keep raising rates.
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iPhone Factory Protest Challenges China’s ‘Zero Covid’ Rules
The New York Times – Business:Protests are rising as China enacts more lockdowns and quarantines, with no end in sight. The defiance is a test of Xi Jinping’s authoritarian leadership.
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The Chief Curators of MoMA and the Guggenheim on Leading Change
The New York Times – Business:Ann Temkin of MoMA and Naomi Beckwith of the Guggenheim discuss how they’re rethinking business as usual — and why they have reason to be hopeful.