Category: Demonstrations, Protests and Riots

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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
Zero-Covid Protests in China Shake Global Markets

The New York Times – Business:
Stock markets in Asia and Europe fell on Monday, as did U.S. futures and crude prices, as investors worried about the fallout of social unrest in China.
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.
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.
What’s Next for Kyrie Irving’s Career?

The New York Times – Sports:
Irving’s antisemitic movie post is his biggest controversy yet. But the potential fallout could affect not just his basketball career but the N.B.A. itself.
A Soccer Team Once United Iran. Now It Reflects Its Divisions.

The New York Times – Sports:
A squad long seen as a unifying force in a fractious nation has become ensnared in its internal politics as its heads to the World Cup.
A Lonely Protest in Beijing Inspires Young Chinese to Find Their Voice

The New York Times – Business:
As beginner dissenters, they’re timid and scared. But they are experiencing a quiet political awakening, unhappy about censorship, repression and “zero Covid.”
As Inflation Stalks Europe, Leaders Shudder

The New York Times – Business:
The downfall of Britain’s prime minister served as a warning to all of the political peril that awaits those who fail to address the erosion of living standards, no matter the cause.