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China eases stringent Covid-19 controls amid efforts to head off protests

Following weekend demonstrations at which some crowds made the politically explosive demand that leader Xi Jinping resign, the streets of major cities have been quiet in the face of a crackdown that has been largely out of sight

China lifts Covid-19 restrictions in Guangzhou & Chongqing after violent protests

According to the official announcements, local officials are asked to variously remove ‘temporary control orders’ and to redesignate areas as low-risk while also announcing an end to mass PCR testing

WATCH: Chinese citizens protest against Zero Covid policy, clash with police in Guangzhou

Even as China is ravaged by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Chinese government has chosen to deal with the crisis with a series of stringent methods, including a rather harsh lockdown, as part of its Zero Covid policy

China: Demonstrators attack police in Guangzhou as protests against Covid-19 lockdown escalate

The violence in Guangzhou was a marked escalation from similar protests in Shanghai, Beijing and other Chinese cities over the weekend. The current wave of country wide protests in biggest wave of civil disobedience in China since Xi Jinping started his reign as president a decade ago

Rising COVID-19 cases in China and Beijing's zero-COVID policy through the eyes of a Russian

What if China crashes down right now, due to its past stubbornness in zero-Covid policy, which has brought it to an economic and social crisis?

Residents clash with Chinese authorities over enforcement of COVID-19 quarantine restrictions

The violence comes as China reports new cases nationwide, with 2,230 cases reported Tuesday in the southern manufacturing and technology hub of Guangzhou

Pakistan's foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto in Guangzhou on maiden visit to China for talks with Wang Yi

Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari's two-day visit marks the 71st anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Pakistan and China

China reinforces tight control over deadliest plane crash mystery; authorities enforce strict censorship

China Eastern flight MU5375 was travelling from Kunming to Guangzhou last month when it inexplicably plunged from an altitude of 29,000 feet into a mountainside, killing all 132 people on board

WTA Tour cancels Kunming Open scheduled for April in China's Anning city due to coronavirus threat

The flu-like coronavirus has killed over 3,000 people and infected more than 89,000 globally after it originated in China late last year

Coronavirus outbreak: Two passengers from Bangkok tested positive during thermal screening at Kolkata airport; both sent to Beliaghata ID Hospital

Two airlines which had direct flights between Kolkata and China have suspended their flights