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Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the final day of his high stakes visit to Beijing aimed at stabilizing relations. President of Eurasia Group Ian Bremmer breaks down the significance of this meeting. #china #xi #blinken #beijing #cnn #news
Police in Hong Kong detained dozens of people on charges of “breaching public peace” on the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in China. #hongkong #china #tiananmensquare #tiananmensquare1989 #tiananmensquaremassacre #protests #police #policecrackdown #democracy #prodemocracy | Police in Hong Kong detained at least 23 people on the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989, when China crushed peaceful protests in Beijing. | Public commemoration of the incident is banned. Hundreds of officers in Hong Kong conducted stop and search operations on June 4th and arrested several prominent pro-democracy activists. | Dozens of People Were Arrested in Hong Kong on the Tiananmen Square Massacre Anniversary
Passengers on Beijing’s Metro can now travel by scanning their hand, in the first ever application of palm print recognition to access trains. #palmscanner #payment #techtok #beijing #trainticket #subway #traveltiktok #privacy | The service requires users to register their palm prints, but critics and Western privacy activists have previously raised concerns over what would happen if data is compromised. | Passengers using Beijing’s Metro can now pay with a wave of their hand, using new palm-recognition technology. | You Can Now Pay for the Subway in China With Your Palm Print
TikTok launched a battalion of influencers in the nation’s capital Wednesday to send a message to Congress: Banning the app would be met with widespread popular opposition. The influencers’ blitz is part of TikTok’s response to persistent concerns among U.S. officials that the app, owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, could be used by the Chinese government to spy on Americans or promote divisive or manipulative content. TikTok maintains that it isn’t beholden to any government. #tiktok #tiktokban #influencer #bytedance #congress #washingtondc #wsj #wallstreetjournal #thewallstreetjournal | Aidan Kohn-Murphy | Reporter | Ryan Tracy | Callie Goodwin | @genzforchange founder | Dan Salinger | @dsalnorcal | @sparksofjoyco
A suspected Chinese spy balloon in US airspace has thrown a curveball to the countries’ relations days ahead of Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken’s visit to Beijing, with Republicans calling on the Biden White House to cancel the trip. China on Friday said it was looking into reports about the aerial device and urged calmness. #spyballoon #USA #China #MontanaState | The agency said it decided against shooting the object down due to the risks of debris harming people on the ground. | A Suspected Chinese Spy Balloon Is Floating Over the US | The Pentagon says this giant white balloon spotted hovering over the US state of Montana is a Chinese surveillance balloon.
In the weeks following anti-zero Covid protests in Beijing, a protester made a video warning she could vanish. Soon after filming the video, she was arrested. CNN's @selinawangtv reports. #cnn #news Link in bio. | Learn the facts about COVID-19
The United States will require all travelers from #China to show a negative Covid-19 test result before flying to the country as Beijing’s rapid easing of Covid-19 restrictions leads to a surge in cases. #cnn #news #fyp | Learn the facts about COVID-19 | U.S. to require negative Covid tests for travelers from China
Beijing is struggling with an unprecedented outbreak, after China rolled back pandemic restrictions in an abrupt shift in policy. #chinese #lockdown #2022 #protest #Beijing #zerocovid | COVID Is Ripping Through Parts Of China After It Eased Lockdowns | Learn the facts about COVID-19
CNN's @selinawangtv navigates daily life in Beijing, where residents still need to show a negative Covid test at most public places, but China has signaled it may loosen its zero-Covid restrictions. #cnn #news | Learn the facts about COVID-19
China is looking to "soften" its strict zero-Covid policy after rare protests, but officials have yet to lay out a road map. @selinawangtv reports from Beijing.
Hundreds of demonstrators in Beijing turned to sarcasm to protest the country’s harsh COVID rules on Sunday, a tactic that is born in part out of necessity, as the country frequently suppresses criticisms of authorities. #protests #beijing #zerocovid #lockdown2022 | Chinese Protesters Are Sarcastically Calling for More Lockdowns | Learn more about COVID-19 vaccines
Historic protest rallies have taken place in different parts of China as public anger at the country’s harsh lockdowns mounts. #lockdown #shanghai #beijing #xinjiang #zerocovid | Historic Protests Are Taking Place Across China. Here’s What You Need to Know. | Learn the facts about COVID-19
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