The White House criticized China's coronavirus containment strategy and said people there have a 'right to peacefully protest' — although its comments were notably restrained at a time it is seeking to strengthen relations with Beijing.
November 28, 2022, 12:10 PMPeople sing slogans while gathering on a street in Shanghai, Nov. 27, 2022, where protests against China's zero-Covid policy took place the night before following a deadly fire in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang region.
The Biden administration has emphasized the need to manage the United States' strategic relationship with China, which it this year labeled the United States' "only competitor with both the intent and, increasingly, the capability to reshape the international order."
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