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The United States backs the right of people to peacefully protest in China, the White House said on Monday, but stopped short of criticizing Beijing as protesters in multiple Chinese cities have demonstrated against heavy Covid-19 measures. Chinese police on Monday tightened security at the sites of weekend protests in Shanghai and Beijing, after crowds there and in other Chinese cities and on dozens of university campuses made a show of civil disobedience unprecedented since leader Xi Jinping assumed power a decade ago.
Protests against harsh COVID restrictions have spread across China, including Beijing, with some protesters calling for President Xi Jinping to step down.
The blockade of a bridge between the two countries has disrupted car production and begun to have broader implications for the North American motor industry.View on euronews
Several respiratory illnesses are co-circulating in China this year after the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions.
Art Basel returns with its largest show in Hong Kong in three years after the city fully reopened and lifted Covid restrictions. The art fair features 177 galleries from 32 countries and territories.
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