VIDEO: Hundreds protest in Beijing on Sunday night against China's Covid measures
Asked at a press briefing about the protests, foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said the question did not match the "facts".
"We believe that... our fight against Covid-19 will be successful"
#BREAKING China blames 'forces with ulterior motives' for linking Urumqi fire to Covid curbs
#UPDATE China security forces detained people Monday at the scene of a rare demonstration as authorities work to extinguish protests that flared across the country at the weekend calling for political freedoms and an end to Covid lockdowns
#AFPGraphics on the estimated number of CCTV cameras in Chinese cities compared with other cities around the world
#UPDATE Protests spreading in China have been catalysed by fury at the government's hardline zero-Covid policies but have also exposed deep-rooted frustration against the country's wider political system. u.afp.com/iGoq
VIDEO: 🇨🇳 Shanghai protesters face off with police
Angry crowds took to the streets of China's biggest city in the early hours of Sunday morning, with protesters calling for an end to lockdowns, as authorities face mounting public unrest against a zero-Covid policy
#BREAKING UN calls on China to respect right to peaceful protests
#UPDATE The United Nations on Monday urged China not to detain people simply for taking part in peaceful protests, as Beijing tried to curb a nationwide spate of demonstrations demanding political freedoms and an end to Covid-19 lockdowns ▶️ u.afp.com/iG5c
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#BREAKING Biden says still considers Xi a 'dictator'
#UPDATE US President Joe Biden said after a summit with Xi Jinping that he still considers the Chinese president a "dictator", after he sparked fury from Beijing by making the comparison earlier this year.
"Well look he is, I mean he's a dictator in the sense that he's a guy who's running a country, a Communist country, that's based on a form of government totally different than ours," Biden said at the end of a news conference when a reporter asked if he would still use the term to describe Xi
#BREAKING China will not begin armed conflict with any nation, President Xi Jinping said Wednesday, after a high-stakes summit with US President Joe Biden.
"China does not seek spheres of influence, and will not fight a cold or hot war with any country," he told a gathering of business leaders in San Francisco
#BREAKING Any compromise with Russia will 'destroy' Ukrainian statehood: presidential aide to AFP
#BREAKING Putin says West used grain deal for 'political blackmail'
VIDEO: Ukrainian firefighters battle flames after a Russian strike on Odesa.
Ukraine's president accused Russia of deliberately targeting grain export infrastructure in the city after Moscow ended a landmark deal and lifted security guarantees in the Black Sea
#BREAKING Putin says situation 'difficult' in Rostov in southern Russia
#UPDATE Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday acknowledged a "difficult" situation was unfolding in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don, where the Wagner mercenary group has taken control of key military sites in an effort to oust Russian military's top brass.
#UPDATE President Vladimir Putin vowed Saturday he would not allow Russia to slip into civil war, after the leader of the Wagner mercenary force seized a key military headquarters overseeing the offensive in Ukraine.
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#BREAKING Titanic sub operator believes passengers have 'sadly been lost': statement
#UPDATE The US Coast Guard now says the discovered debris from the submersible -- which was carrying five passengers down to the wreckage of the Titanic when the small vessel vanished on Sunday -- suggests 'catastrophic loss'
#BREAKING Pakistan offer condolences to family of British-Pakistan nationals on Titanic sub