Protests in China: The blank sheets tell a tale | The Listening Post
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After two years of some of the most stringent COVID restrictions in the world, many in China are fed up and are demanding a loosening of the controls - in some cases, even calling out President Xi Jinping. They are running the gauntlet of a surveillance state that comes down hard on dissent.Contributors:Victor Gao - vice president, Center for China and GlobalizationCarl Zha - host, Silk & Steel podcastLizzi Lee - journalist, Wall St TV & Host, Live with Lizzi LeeJosh Chin - deputy China bureau chief, Wall Street JournalOn our radar:An open letter to Washington from five international newspapers says that the United States's demand for Wikileaks founder and whistleblower Julian Assange's extradition sets a “dangerous precedent” for freedom of the press.Art in times of turmoil in Sri Lanka:The Sri Lankan protests which forced former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa out of office featured memes, viral videos, songs, dances, cartoons and caricatures. The protest art conveyed what mainstream media could not - or would not: Sri Lankans were done with the Rajapaksas and their corruption.Contributors:Hasini Haputhanthri - cultural sociologistSanjana Hattotuwa - research fellow, The Disinfo ProjectRandy Chriz Perera - artist and animatorVasi Samudra Devi - artist and activistSubscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribeFollow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglishFind us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeeraCheck our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/@AljazeeraEnglish#Aljazeeraenglish#News