[Link] Protests break out at Covid-hit iPhone factory in China

Read: 23/11/2022 www.theguardian.com

Large-scale protests broke out at Foxconn’s vast iPhone factory in Zhengzhou, central China, images circulating on Weibo and Twitter appeared to show.

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[Link] China Is a Declining Power—and That’s the Problem

Read: 26/9/2021 foreignpolicy.com

Why do great powers fight great wars? The conventional answer is a story of rising challengers and declining hegemons. An ascendant power, which chafes at the rules of the existing order, gains ground on an established power—the country that made those rules.

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[Link] Video Games, Exams, Hit Dramas: What’s Getting Banned in China

Read: 1/9/2021 www.vice.com

Lots of things are getting banned in China, as the government uses its far-reaching power to crack down on what it deems harmful practices across Chinese society, from education to entertainment to the tech industry.

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