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4:21 p.m. : Here is a new point on the news of this Sunday:
Anger is mounting in China against the draconian “zero Covid” policy practiced by the government for almost three years. Protests erupted this morning in several cities across the country, including Shanghai, where demonstrators called for the resignation of President Xi Jinping. Follow our live.
“I’ll admit it, I think we’ve gone too far.” recognized the Minister of Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire, questioned in “Sunday in politics” on France 3 on the use of the State to consulting firms.
It’s a surprise at the start of the FIFA World Cup. Morocco bends Belgium, semi-finalist of the last edition (2-0).
The Italian government has declared a state of emergency for the island of Ischia, opposite Naples. The day after a landslide that left at least two dead and a dozen missing, the Minister of Civil Protection announced an initial emergency envelope of two million euros.
3:39 p.m. : In #Shanghai tonight we brandish white sheets. “no need to write anything, everyone knows why we are here” or how to make fun of #Censorship in #China in #2022 #1984 reference #KGB #soviet #Manifestations #Covid19 #ZeroCovid https:// t.co/ovhs5mPuZp
3:38 p.m. : #China protests are growing and spreading #Beijing #Canton #Wuhan #Zhengzhou #Nanking #Shanghai tonight against #restrictions #Containments #tests #QRCode #Censorship. @francetvchine https://t.co/iy3oQg4qg7
3:38 p.m. : #Shanghai #tensions street #wulumuqi. Many more young people than yesterday shouting slogans about freedom against #zero #Covid19. First time ever protesting “show the world #China upload these videos I can’t do it!” “Arrests. https://t.co/PT559Hpm2N
3:45 p.m. : Arrests have been made in Shanghai, where scores of people have taken to the streets to protest against the extremely strict rules of the Chinese government’s “zero Covid” policy. The correspondent of France Télévisions in China shares on Twitter the appeal of a demonstrator: “Show the world China, upload these videos, I can’t do it!”
1:27 p.m. : The #Shanghai protestors have moved to an intersection closeby, chanting the now famous Beijing banner man slogan “We don’t want PCR tests, want freedom” 1 month ago, I wouldn’t have betted 10 Euro on the chance that people in ?? would shout this out in the open today. https://t.co/bBjXewzXpd
2:05 p.m. : “We don’t want PCR tests, we want freedom.” According to a correspondent in Beijing of the German media Die Zeitprotests against the “zero Covid” policy and its strict restrictions continue.
12:19 p.m. : It’s already time to take stock of the news at midday:
Anger is mounting in China against the draconian “zero Covid” policy practiced by the government for almost three years. Protests erupted this morning in several cities across the country, including Shanghai, where demonstrators called for the resignation of President Xi Jinping. Follow our live.
Is France one of the five countries that provide the most military aid to kyiv, as stated by the Minister of the Armed Forces, Sébastien Lecornu? In reality, it is difficult to assess its weight in international military aid. Our True or Fake unit has looked into this question.
• French people who heat themselves with wood will be able to benefit from state aid ranging from 50 to 200 euros, subject to income conditions, which they will be able to request from December 22, announced the Minister of Public Accounts Gabriel Attal in an interview at Parisian.
• An investigation was opened for intentional homicide after the death of a 14-year-old boy, during a fight. According to the Versailles prosecutor’s office, the tragedy took place after an MMA fight, in the gymnasium of Coignières (Yvelines), reports France Bleu Paris.
12:07 : #arrests in Shanghai https://t.co/sbEAS5UHi5
12:07 : Very large police presence tonight near Wulumuqi Street in #Shanghai. #ShanghaiProtests #ZeroCovid. https://t.co/M0V0VFXr3q
12:07 : In Shanghai, the police intervene to try to disperse the demonstrators, report on Twitter the journalists who follow the situation.
11:20 a.m. : I have lived in China for four years and I confirm this widespread panic. Every day, green codes are mandatory everywhere, even to go home. And at the same time Covid tests are increasingly rare on the streets. Not to mention the extended quarantines in different cities. Overall result: Many people are losing their jobs. Doubt creeps into people’s minds. With the broadcasts of the Football World Cup, the Chinese are discovering that they are the only ones in the world who have not made any progress in the fight against covid for three years. An exasperation which now translates into repeated demonstrations. But censorship is at work and it’s hard for people to know what’s going on. Russia or China, the media are identical. Thanks for relaying! ??
11:10 a.m. : In the comments, , who has lived in China for several years, shares her experience with the strict restrictions imposed by Beijing. His testimony sheds light on the anger that animates the Chinese today, many of whom are demonstrating in several cities of the country. Thanks to him !
11:06 : More #Wuhan residents are taking to the streets, local source says https://t.co/mzVDf9ieGs
11:04 am : #Wuhan #China where we also demonstrate (bravely) against #Zerocovid policy and repeated #Containments. #China in the time of #Covid19 https://t.co/bhyIesyIjS
11:06 : Demonstrations also broke out in Wuhan, against the “zero Covid” policy, report France Télévisions correspondent in Beijing, Arnauld Miguet, as well as journalist Zhulin Zhang, from International mail.
11:01 a.m. : I’m heading home now. Just want to add how amazing this is. Never seen anything like this in the decade that I report on China. The anger seems too much to crack down on. Wonder what happens next.
11:00 : “I want to emphasize that what is happening is incredible. This is the first time I have seen this in 10 years of covering China”said a journalist from the Dutch media Trouw, on Twitter, last night.
10:56 : “Down with the Communist Party!” heard last night in #Shanghai “”These words had never been spoken in public in #China since 1989”, confides a resident this Sunday, after a night of protests by hundreds of young people https://t.co/IHsrsvZPm4
10:56 : It happened last night in #Shangai. Thread (unstitched) to unroll . Anger is brewing at the very strict measures imposed by Beijing to maintain its #zeroCovid strategy. #China https://t.co/QfDUoLW2QR
11:00 : Anger is brewing at the very strict measures imposed by Beijing as part of its “zero Covid” strategy. The Shanghai correspondent of Echoes tweets images as well as testimonies collected in these unprecedented demonstrations, in a country which severely represses any protest.
09:59 : Or lives lost in a bus transporting people to quarantine facilities?”
09:59 : “Imagine who can accept not being allowed to leave the house for four months, with no food, no medicine for the chronically ill, and a woman in labor hemorrhaging in front of the hospital because she has no PCR test result?
10:53 : “Imagine who can accept not being allowed to leave their home for four months, without food, without medicine for people who suffer from chronic illnesses, and a woman who gives birth and hemorrhages outside the hospital because she has no not the result of his PCR test? Or people dying on a bus that takes them to quarantine ?“
On Twitter, a correspondent for DW and the Guardian based in Taiwan, gives voice to people demonstrating in Shanghai against government restrictions and its “zero Covid” policy.
10:01 a.m. : They held up sheets of white paper to protest against censorship. In Shanghai, hundreds of people demonstrated in the afternoon against the Chinese government’s “zero Covid” policy, before being dispersed by the police, a witness told AFP. Another demonstration had already broken out at dawn, in the same city.
09:18 : “What I feel is that for a few hours, I am free, for once, I can say what I want to say”. Hearing this, her friend bursts into tears. “It’s the first time I’ve seen this in China”, she justifies https://t.co/YTLqDNsNSn
09:17 : Demonstration in support of Urumqi in Shanghai, and against health policy. “We want freedom, democracy, freedom of expression of the press” ask the young people gathered (I let the Sinics appreciate this last slogan). I’ve never seen this in China https://t.co/nTSxRre1NP
09:41 : On Twitter, the correspondent in China of the World, of Radio France and RFI, gives the floor to young demonstrators. They express their emotion at this unprecedented mobilization in a country where demonstrations are repressed.
09:13 : Several hundred students from the prestigious Tsinghua University in Beijing demonstrated against the government’s policy to fight against Covid-19. The protest followed another rally overnight at another campus at Peking University, as well as in Shanghai and other cities across the country. (AFPTV)
10:41 a.m. : Here is our first update on the news:
Anger is mounting in China against the draconian “zero Covid” policy practiced by the government for almost three years. Protests erupted this morning in several cities across the country, including Shanghai, where demonstrators called for the resignation of President Xi Jinping.
Three buildings, or 17 inhabitants in total, were evacuated overnight, in Lille (Nord), due to a risk of collapse, reports France Bleu Nord. Evacuations are increasing, two weeks after the collapse of buildings which left one dead on rue Pierre-Mauroy.
• Winner of Denmark (2-1), France is the first country to qualify for the round of 16. Kylian Mbappé offered himself a decisive double (61st, 86th), crucial for the Blues. “The first objective has been achieved“said Didier Deschamps. Lionel Messi has paved the way to victory for Argentina against Mexico (2-0). Lionel Scaloni’s men will have to win against Poland to avoid accounts of apothecary.
A woman has been found dead and a dozen people are still missing, after a landslide caused by heavy rains on the Italian island of Ischia, off Naples.