Yuan Ren

RT @guardianvideo: Heatwaves, flood and fire: what it's like to survive 2023's extreme weather – video https://t.co/kxR0E2ivGS

My Forbidden City (Beijing) day-to-day calendar 2023! Everyday comes with a treasure from the imperial place, with translations in English. Today is a gold sceptre and a painting of where it’s used. Who wants to see more? #forbiddencity https://t.co/8UdBZS8NPD

This is my 85-yr-old grandad getting his 1st Covid jab. It was a long journey getting here, convincing relatives he needed it. You get to see the vaccine and make sure it’s the real deal beforehand. #KCONVAC, by Shenzhen Kantai Bio, choice for elderly given milder side effects https://t.co/ozVjFoV5p0

A nice little list of 2023 Chinese holidays from the embassy to save. #chineseholidays https://t.co/Bu9Hrs65Z9

Milan Reports 50% of Passengers on China Flights Have Covid — echoes of Jan 2019 all over again… and #anticovidsentiment likely to be back with a vengeance… https://t.co/iTmFR1w9u3

Very worried. The sudden losening of restrictions across China without high vaccination rates (or much of a contingency plan) esp among the elderly means the shit is about to hit the fan – bad. Concerned for all grandparents. https://t.co/T8EY3x5LaH

The government knows who its number one client is — and that’s the Chinese people. Job done. China to allow home quarantine as Covid restrictions eased nationwide https://t.co/PXAvC5CW5H

RT @BBCNewsAsia: Former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin dies aged 96 https://t.co/8kBCWPnbVR

RT @BBCWomansHour: 'I’ve never seen anything like this. We’ve heard about the Tiananmen Square protests...[but] this is on people’s doorste…

I talk about women's visible part in the fast-spreading protests across China (and what a delight to see my former editor @clairecohen on the show too!)

BBC Woman's Hour @BBCWomansHour

Young women in China are among the strongest voices in the current protests against Covid regulations in the country. @emmabarnett speaks to journalist @girlinbeijing and @isabelhilton to find out why this is so significant. Listen ⬇️

And this one in Wuhan. Almost all the major cities are in protest. Very different picture to early 2019 when people sang harmoniously across apartment blocks in the first ever COVID lockdown in Wuhan. Never seen anything like this in my lifetime.

李老师不是你老师 @whyyoutouzhele

接上条 武汉 汉正街 现场应该有上万人 https://t.co/3NRAn81Elr

“No freedom, I’d rather die”. Protests continue across china into the night, this one is in southern China - the city of Chengdu, Sichuan province.

李老师不是你老师 @whyyoutouzhele

成都 望平街 现在 民众举着白纸高喊 不自由 毋宁死 https://t.co/rnBWCw0X73

Last night Chinese social media was awash with footage of mass protests which have largely disappeared today. Some erased; another video is going viral instead. China had said it will continue to pursue Zero Covid, but if protests rage on, my guess is it will bend to pressure.

After 10 ppl died in a fire in Urumqi due to their building being bolted shut for COVID, protestor across China took to the streets yesterday in a way I have never seen in China. Thousands in Shanghai; Peking university. Only now is it becoming BBC news… https://t.co/PWtov0IJMA

China slashes quarantine time for international arrivals to 5 days https://t.co/l8ltvNWJ4T via @scmpnews

Anyone else here @HereEast for the #futurelondon closing event today? #londontechweek https://t.co/y8x2CVVItR

Has China’s sweeping education ban obliterated the private education sector? @NewOrientalEdu CEO certainly thinks so, given he’s now selling farm produce online. I report. And Nigeria has Twitter again! #chinatechnews

BBC Digital Planet @digitalplanet

Our top story: #twitterbanlifted in #Nigeria after 7 months @IAtalkspace @restofworld, also 100 years of #techinnovation with BBC Historian Robert Seatter and online private tutoring ban in #China with reporter @girlinbeijing https://t.co/hVaaIruOWE