The outside world has gone hand in hand with reducing COVID-19 restrictions. So when the televised spectators of the World Cup in Qatar could be seen not wearing face masks, the outraged Chinese, who love international soccer matches, but have been restricted by a harsh zero-COVID policy, started to protest. According to a blog post ...
On October 13, 2022, two large banners hung by a brave protester were seen on Sitong Bridge in Beijing, calling for the removal of Chinese President Xi Jinping. This unprecedented historical incident may have a profound impact on the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Ms. Cai Xia, a former professor at ...
The Taliban’s return to power has ignited widespread fear that Afghan women will be forced out of the professional and educational spaces they occupied before the American withdrawal. The latest worrying order from Taliban leadership decreed that female university students be separated from men and “observe hijab according to [the Taliban’s interpretation of] Sharia” law. In response ...
Protest at Heaven’s Gate is a short documentary that recounts the struggles of three Australians who, along with seven of their compatriots, traveled to China in 2002. They wanted to support persecuted Falun Gong (also known as Falun Dafa) practitioners that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) were torturing in detention centers and labor camps. Just ...
When Bolivia’s 2019 general election results were announced on October 20, existing President Evo Morales from the Movement for Socialism (MAS) party came out as the clear winner, beating his rival by a significant margin. Huge protests erupted on suspicion that the elections had been rigged. Though Morales eventually stepped down in November due to ...
Hong Kong’s proposed amendments to its extradition laws have triggered massive protests in the city. Around 130,000 people are estimated to have participated in a mass parade against the amendments on April 28, making it one of the biggest protests Hong Kong has witnessed in several years. If the changes to extradition laws are made, ...
On April 7, during a rally to protest China’s framework to govern Taiwan under its “One Country, Two Systems” policy, Zhong Huizhen knelt and pleaded with the Taiwanese people to awaken to what is happening in Hong Kong today. Her words touched many people. There are concerns that Zhong (who immigrated to Taiwan from Hong ...
The Chengdu No. 7 Experimental High School in China is facing the wrath of parents after it was discovered that the food supplied to children from the canteen was rotten. The private school apparently costs almost 20 times the fees of a public school. Rotten food “[The items looked like they had] been in a ...
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