To rousing applause, he declared that he would “bring the issue of our southern border to a conclusion.” That’s not all that DeSantis pledged to do on his first day in office. _Īssociated Press writer Joe McDonald in Beijing contributed.“People are not going to want to mess with the United States of America when I’m president,” he said.
An AP journalist was detained but later released. Swiss broadcaster RTS said its correspondent and a cameraman were detained while doing a live broadcast but released a few minutes later. “Foreign journalists need to consciously follow Chinese laws and regulations,” Zhao said. “We do not consider this a credible explanation,” the broadcaster said in a statement.Ĭhinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Zhao Lijian said the BBC reporter failed to identify himself and “didn’t voluntarily present” his press credential. The BBC criticized what it said was Chinese authorities’ explanation that its reporter was detained to prevent him from contracting the coronavirus from the crowd. said one of its reporters was beaten, kicked, handcuffed and detained for several hours by Shanghai police but later released. In a video that was verified by The Associated Press, a crowd in Shanghai on Saturday chanted, “Xi Jinping! Step down! CCP! Step down!” Most protesters have complained about excessive restrictions, but some turned their anger at Xi, China’s most powerful leader since at least the 1980s. Guangzhou has seen earlier violent confrontations between police and residents protesting quarantines. Protests also occurred over the weekend in Guangzhou near Hong Kong, Chengdu and Chongqing in the southwest, and Nanjing in the east, according to witnesses and video on social media. Hong Kong’s Chief Executive John Lee is a law-and-order hardliner who led the crackdown on protesters, including on university campuses.īoth the Hong Kong government and the State Council, China’s Cabinet, issued statements Monday pledging to uphold public order and the authority of the National Security Law, which gives authorities sweeping powers to charge demonstrators with crimes including sedition. The territory has its own anti-virus strategy that is separate from the mainland. Hong Kong has tightened security controls and rolled back Western-style civil liberties since China launched a campaign in 2019 to crush a pro-democracy movement. Police took identity details of participants but there were no arrests. Police cordoned off an area around protesters, who stood in small, separate groups to avoid violating pandemic rules that bar gatherings of more than 12 people. University security guards videotaped the event but there was no sign of police.Īt an event in Central, a business district, about four dozen protesters held up blank sheets of paper and flowers in what they said was mourning for the fire victims in Urumqi and others who have died as a result of “zero COVID” policies. The ruling party promised last month to reduce disruption by changing quarantine and other rules known as the “20 Guidelines.” But a spike in infections has prompted cities to tighten controls. But tolerance for the measures has flagged as people in some areas have been confined at home for up to four months and say they lack reliable access to food and medical supplies. “Zero COVID,” which aims to isolate every infected person, has helped to keep China’s case numbers lower than those of the United States and other major countries. Urumqi, where the fire occurred, and another city in the Xinjiang region in the northwest announced markets and other businesses in areas deemed at low risk of infection would reopen this week and public bus service would resume. “And they’re protesting that, and we believe they should be able to do that peacefully,” Kirby said at a Monday briefing.
In Washington, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby “obviously, there are people in China that - that have - have concerns about that,” referring to lockdowns.
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