China's Zero Covid Protests
Anger over Covid restrictions has spilled onto the streets in rare protests across China. In response, authorities said they will 'fine tune' rules - but will bigger changes come?
Kate Adie presents stories from China, Ukraine, Moldova, Zimbabwe and the United States.
Protests have taken place across China, from Shanghai, to Guangdong to Beijing after a fire in Urumqi killed ten people who were thought to have been trapped due to tight Covid restrictions. Celia Hatton asks whether this is a watershed moment for Xi Jinping and his Zero Covid policy.
In Ukraine, a bloody war is being fought in towns and cities in Donetsk, with high numbers of casualties on both sides. Abdujalil Abdurasulov went to the town of Avdiivka and spoke to some of the 2,000 residents who've decided to stay amid intensive shelling, despite calls from local leaders asking them to leave.
Joe Inwood goes to neighbouring Moldova which is suffering some knock-on consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine - especially when it comes to the country's power supply. He heads to a local vineyard, which has switched to solar energy to hopefully avoid the worst of the country's frequent blackouts.
In Zimbabwe, despite initial hopes that President Ernest Mnangagwa would bring economic and political stability, the reappearance of road blocks harks back to the regime of Robert Mugabe. Meanwhile inflation is once again soaring, and the country remains locked in an economic spiral, says Kim Chakanetsa.
And in Washington DC, the leader of the far-right, anti-government Oath Keepers militia was found guilty of plotting an armed rebellion to stop President Joe Biden from taking office in 2020. Mike Wendling went to Montana to meet the son of the convicted ringleader.
Producer: Serena Tarling
Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith
Production Coordinator: Iona Hammond
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- Sat 3 Dec 2022 11:30大象传媒 Radio 4