#Chinese university students sent home amid protests

#Chinese university students sent home amid protests

“Chinese university students sent home amid protests” Chinese universities are sending students home as the ruling Communist Party tightens anti-virus controls and tries to prevent more protests after crowds angered by its severe “zero COVID” restrictions called for President Xi Jinping to resign in the biggest show of public dissent in decades. With police out…

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#Fury over China’s insane, endless COVID lockdowns exposes President Xi

#Fury over China’s insane, endless COVID lockdowns exposes President Xi

“Fury over China’s insane, endless COVID lockdowns exposes President Xi” “Need human rights, need freedom,” chanted hundreds of protesters Saturday night in Shanghai, along with “Don’t want Covid test, want freedom!” and “Don’t want dictatorship, want democracy!” Plus demands for President Xi Jinping to “step down.” Xi’s insane “Zero COVID” policies and the endless severe…

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#China rocked by anti-lockdown protests as ‘zero COVID’ policies remain

#China rocked by anti-lockdown protests as ‘zero COVID’ policies remain

“China rocked by anti-lockdown protests as ‘zero COVID’ policies remain” China was rocked by protests Sunday as weary citizens grow increasingly irate about the totalitarian country’s strict “zero COVID” policies. Students at Beijing’s prestigious Tsinghau University were among groups across the country taking to the streets to object to a three-year long lockdown since the…

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#COVID protests erupt in China’s Xinjiang after deadly fire

#COVID protests erupt in China’s Xinjiang after deadly fire

“COVID protests erupt in China’s Xinjiang after deadly fire” Rare protests broke out in China’s far western Xinjiang region, with crowds shouting at hazmat-suited guards after a deadly fire triggered anger over their prolonged COVID-19 lockdown as nationwide infections set another record. Crowds chanted “End the lockdown!”, pumping their fists in the air as they…

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#COVID’s second death toll damns our ‘experts’

#COVID’s second death toll damns our ‘experts’

“COVID’s second death toll damns our ‘experts’” COVID has killed a million-plus Americans. But the disastrous US policy response — blunt-instrument shutdowns and endless fear-mongering — has inflicted its own terrible toll, per numbers gathered in a Wall Street Journal report.  One ugly example: Data show a serious spike in deaths from heart attacks (4.1%)…

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#NYC restaurateur expands empire to Tribeca with Smyth Tavern

#NYC restaurateur expands empire to Tribeca with Smyth Tavern

“NYC restaurateur expands empire to Tribeca with Smyth Tavern” A veteran restaurateur behind some of the city’s trendiest eateries is betting that diners are still willing to dig deep into their wallets amid the economic belt-tightening. John McDonald, who launched his first hit, MercBar, in Soho in 1993, is opening Smyth Tavern this week in…

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