Fresh clashes have broken out between police and protesters in a southern Chinese city, part of a wave of Covid lockdown-sparked demonstrations across the country that have morphed into demands for political freedoms.

Security services were out in force across China’s major cities yesterday, which for the time being appeared to have quelled nationwide protests calling for political freedoms and an end to Covid lockdowns.

China's military said today it drove away a US guided-missile cruiser that "illegally intruded" into waters near the South China Sea's Spratly Islands.

China's major cities of Beijing and Shanghai were blanketed with security on Tuesday in the wake of nationwide rallies calling for political freedoms and an end to Covid lockdowns.

Chinese security forces detained people and appeared to prevent a planned protest yesterday as authorities worked to stamp out widening dissent seeking political freedoms and an end to Covid lockdowns.

A British government minister Monday denounced Chinese police's actions as "unacceptable" and "concerning" after the BBC said one of its journalists was arrested and beaten while covering Covid protests in Shanghai.

China's foreign ministry said Monday that a BBC reporter arrested at a protest in Shanghai over the weekend had not identified himself as a journalist, after the British broadcaster said one of their staff had been arrested and beaten by police.

Protesters angry at China's strict lockdowns on Sunday called for President Xi Jinping to quit, in a sign of widening public frustration at the country's zero-Covid policy..Demonstrators in the commercial capital, Shanghai, could be heard chanting, "Xi Jinping! Step down! CCP (Chinese Comm

China held a meeting this week with 19 countries from the Indian Ocean region in which India was conspicuously absent.

Crowds of demonstrators in Shanghai shouted and held up blank sheets of papers early yesterday evening, as protests flared in China against heavy Covid-19 curbs following a deadly fire in the country’s far west sparked widespread anger.

Protests against China's heavy Covid-19 curbs spread to more cities, including the financial hub Shanghai on Sunday, nearly three years into the pandemic, with a fresh wave of anger sparked by a deadly fire in the country's far west.

Public anger in China towards widening Covid-19 lockdowns across the country erupted into rare protests in China’s far western Xinjiang region and the country’s capital of Beijing, as nationwide infections set another record.

Public anger in China towards widening COVID-19 lockdowns across the country erupted into rare protests in China’s far western Xinjiang region and the country's capital of Beijing, as nationwide infections set another record.

China yesterday reported another record high of daily Covid-19 infections, as cities across the country enforce measures and curbs to control outbreaks.

Frustration simmered on Friday among residents and business groups in China navigating stricter Covid-19 control curbs as the country reported another record high of daily infections just weeks after hopes had been raised of easing measures..The resurgence of Covid cases in China, with 32,

Ten people were killed and nine injured in a fire in a residential building in China's northwestern Xinjiang region, state media reported Friday.

China reported record high Covid-19 infections yesterday, with cities nationwide imposing localised lockdowns, mass testing and other curbs that are fuelling frustration and darkening the outlook for the world’s second largest economy.

Hundreds of workers joined protests at Foxconn's 2317.TW flagship iPhone plant in China, with some men smashing surveillance cameras and windows, footage uploaded on social media showed.

China’s capital Beijing posted a record number of new Covid cases yesterday, with the city hunkering down under a tightening chokehold of restrictions that have sent schools online, closed many restaurants and forced employees to work from home.

Thirty-eight people were killed and two were injured in a fire at a factory in central China, state media said yesterday, with authorities blaming