Chinese government response to COVID-19During the COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and government of China under CCP general secretary Xi Jinping's administration pursued a zero-COVID strategy to prevent the domestic spread of COVID-19 until late 2022. Aspects of the response have been controversial, with the zero-COVID approach being praised and the government's lack of transparency, censorship, and spread of misinformation being criticized.
Protests against responses to the COVID-19 pandemic2020–2022 worldwide eventsProtests, demonstrations and strikes occurred around the world against national responses to the COVID-19 pandemic by governmental bodies. Some were driven by the financial hardship resulting from government measures to contain the virus, including restrictions on travel and entertainment, hitting related industries and workers hard.
COVID-19 pandemic in mainland ChinaThe COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). China was where the first COVID outbreak occurred, the first where authorities imposed drastic measures in response (including lockdowns and face mask mandates), and was one of the first countries to bring the outbreak under control, at least temporarily.
2022 Ürümqi fireOn 24 November 2022, a fire broke out in a residential high-rise apartment building in a Uyghur-majority neighborhood in Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China. Local authorities reported ten people, all Uyghurs, were dead and an additional nine were injured, though some raised concerns of underreporting.
2022 Beijing Sitong Bridge protest2022 protest in ChinaThe Beijing Sitong Bridge protest was a protest that took place on October 13, 2022, in Haidian, Beijing, China. The protest happened three days before the opening of the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).Zero-COVIDCOVID-19 elimination strategyA barrier on the state border of Queensland and New South Wales preventing interstate travel in April 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.Zero-COVID, also known as COVID-Zero and "Find, Test, Trace, Isolate, and Support" (FTTIS), was a public health policy implemented by some countries, especially China, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Great FirewallThe Great Firewall (GFW; Chinese: 防火墙; pinyin: Fánghuǒ Chángchéng) is the combination of legislative actions and technologies enforced by the People's Republic of China to regulate the Internet domestically. Its role in internet censorship in China is to block access to selected foreign websites and to slow down cross-border internet traffic. The Great Firewall was formerly operated by the State Internet Information Office, as part of the Golden Shield Project.Mainland ChinaGeopolitical term for China without Hong Kong, Macau, TaiwanAlternative Chinese nameSimplified Chinese中国内地Traditional Chinese中國內地Literal meaningInland ChinaMainland Area of the Republic of ChinaSimplified Chinese中华民国大陆地区Traditional Chinese中華民國大陸地區"Mainland China" is a geopolitical term defined as the territory under direct administration of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War.
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Political demonstrationA political demonstration is an action by a mass group or collection of groups of people in favor of a political or other cause or people partaking in a protest against a cause of concern; it often consists of walking in a mass march formation and either beginning with or meeting at a designated endpoint, or rally, in order to hear speakers. It is different from mass meeting. Demonstrations may include actions such as blockades and sit-ins.Politics of ChinaIn the People's Republic of China, politics functions within the parameters of a unitary socialist state, in which the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) enacts its policies through people's congresses. This one-party state operates on the principle of unified state power, in which the legislature, the National People's Congress (NPC), is constitutionally enshrined as the "highest state organ of power." The Chinese political system is considered authoritarian.
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