Taiwan called on China to 'return to normal' as widespread protests continue over the 'zero-COVID' policy.
. The two leaders agreed that senior aides would continue talks on climate change, debt relief and other issues. "There has been no change in our desire to continue to see these channels of communication stay open," Kirby told reporters."And we were heartened coming away from the G-20 that both leaders were able to agree on getting some of these working-level discussions back open.
Some protesters have taken to holding up blank pieces of paper. That is a nod to a form of dissent seen during protests in Hong Kong in recent years as people took to the streets to rally against China's undermining of the city-state's judicial independence, democratic institutions and extradition laws.
Mok is supportive of the Chinese authorities. He claimed, without providing evidence, that"public sentiment has always played a central role in the decisions of China's government." Despite an abundance of online footage documenting the protests, he described reaction to them as largely a "Western media confection designed to give themselves a sugar high" over their own COVID policies.
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