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A woman shops in a reopened grocery store in the district of Haizhu as pandemic restrictions are eased in southern China's Guangzhou province, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. More Chinese cities eased some anti-virus restrictions as police patrolled their streets to head off protests Thursday while the ruling Communist Party prepared for the high-profile funeral of late leader Jiang Zemin. (AP Photo)

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China eases virus controls amid effort to head off protests
By JOE MCDONALD - Associated Press
Thu,12/01/22-2:35AM , 152 Reads
BEIJING (AP) — More Chinese cities eased anti-virus restrictions and police patrolled their streets Thursday as the government tried to defuse public anger over some of the world’s most stringent COVID measures and head off more protests.
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Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin gestures during the opening session of the 18th Communist Party Congress held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. Jiang has died Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022, at age 96. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

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Jiang Zemin, who guided China's economic rise, dies
By JOE MCDONALD - Associated Press
Wed,11/30/22-2:53AM , 223 Reads
BEIJING (AP) — Jiang Zemin, who led China out of isolation after the army crushed the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests in 1989 and supported economic reforms that led to a decade of explosive growth, died Wednesday. He was 96.
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In this photo provided Nov 23, 2022, security personnel in protective clothing were seen taking away a person during protest at the factory compound operated by Foxconn Technology Group who runs the world's biggest Apple iPhone factory in Zhengzhou in central China's Henan province. Employees at the world's biggest Apple iPhone factory were beaten and detained in protests over pay amid anti-virus controls, according to witnesses and videos on social media Wednesday, as tensions mount over Chinese efforts to combat a renewed rise in infections. (AP)

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Foxconn apologizes for pay dispute at China factory
By JOE MCDONALD - AP Business Writers
Thu,11/24/22-2:15AM , 255 Reads
BEIJING (AP) — The company that assembles Apple Inc.’s iPhones apologized Thursday for a pay dispute that triggered employee protests at a factory where anti-virus controls have slowed production.
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People walk past an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022, in Tokyo. Asian stock markets were mixed Tuesday after Wall Street sank and Chinese anti-virus controls fueled concern about an economic slowdown. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)

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Asian stocks mixed after Wall St slide, China virus fears
By JOE MCDONALD - AP Business Writer
Mon,11/21/22-12:35AM , 126 Reads
BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Tuesday after Wall Street sank and Chinese anti-virus controls fueled concern about an economic slowdown.

Shanghai and Hong Kong declined while Tokyo advanced. Oil prices gained.
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