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By Daniel E. Slotnik
President Xi Jinping’s “zero covid” policy has rewritten the implicit discount price that other Chinese will get stability and comfort in exchange for restrictions on political freedoms.
Limitations still abound, with little stability. Nearly 530 million more people, nearly 40% of the population, were in some form of lockdown at the end of November, according to one estimate. People went hungry or died due to delayed medical care, and legions suffered work interruptions. or layoffs.
The result has been the growing disillusionment and maximum protests China has seen since the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989.
Quote: “Before, for most people, you didn’t feel the state too much in your life,” said one law professor. “Now, of course, the state is everywhere. “
Outlook: If China can limit the influence of outbreaks in the long run by relaxing restrictions, shared grievances may simply collapse, but Xi’s fixation on control may remain, as well as his expanded security apparatus.
Iran has abolished the morality police after months of protests sparked by the death of a young woman, Mahsa Amini, who was forcibly detained for allegedly violating the country’s strict Islamic dress laws.
The decision, announced through Iran’s attorney general in remarks broadcast on state media, appears to be a vital victory for the protest movement that has been devouring Iran since Amini’s death in September.
The motion represented one of the most demanding situations in decades for Iran’s authoritarian clerical ruling formula. Security forces responded with an offensive that left scores dead and an estimated 14,000 arrested, according to human rights groups.
The absence of an official government on the dissolution of the force has left some doubts about the precise position of the policy. But as of Sunday night, the government had also not issued a denial in state media.
Background: The main role of the morality police was to make sure that women covered their bodies with long, loose-fitting clothing and their hair with a headscarf or hijab. Implementation has been asymmetric and arbitrary.
Results: The attorney general said Thursday that the government is reviewing veil regulations and will have a resolution within 15 days, but protesters are now seeking more than dress law reforms.
After the Group of 7 countries agreed on Friday to impose a value cap on Russian oil, Moscow insisted it would sell the oil to the limit, adding to doubts about whether the plan will succeed in curbing Russia’s war effort in Ukraine.
The Group of 7 had hoped that limiting the value of Russian crude to $60 a barrel would help the Kremlin’s finances and keep enough Russian oil on the market to avoid a surprise in global values. The $60 a barrel figure was a close commitment to what the major buyers of Russian oil are paying lately.
Russia has threatened to negotiate only with countries that respect the market prices of its oil, even if it means cutting production. Even before Russia’s announcement, doubts arose about whether the plan could be implemented and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine feared that the price cap would be inadequate to stop Russian aggression.
In war news, a Ukrainian resident of the occupied Kherson returned to the Russians a lost and dazed pilot. Ukraine accused him of treason.
A legal dispute between a K-pop organization and its leadership highlights what some experts see as broader abuse issues in the industry.
Rahul Gandhi, a descendant of a once-tough political dynasty in India, travels 2,000 miles to resurrect his fledgling political party.
Reuters reports that the Islamic State claimed the duty of Pakistan’s embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Friday.
A volcano erupted on Indonesia’s most populous island, prompting evacuations, The Associated Press reported.
A fatal landslide on the Italian island of Ischia has led to the examination of buildings that may have been built illegally.
A weather base has helped German officials collaborate with Kremlin-owned energy company Gazprom to complete a direct pipeline between Russia and Germany.
One passenger was killed and 4 others injured when a rebel wave hit a cruise ship heading to Antarctica.
The United States eliminated via Netherlands, 3-1.
France beat Poland, 3-1. Kylian Mbappe scored twice and Olivier Giroud’s first-half goal made him the most sensible goalscorer of all time in France.
Lionel Messi’s first goal in an elimination attack helped Argentina beat Australia 2-1.
Discover 3 very good World Cup goals, frozen in time.
Sen. Raphael Warnock and his challenger, Herschel Walker, face off Tuesday at election time in Georgia.
Lachlan Murdoch, the lead executive of Fox Corporation, is expected to be filed Monday from a $1. 6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News.
Three weeks after 4 University of Idaho students were stabbed to death in their dormitory by an unknown assailant, the citizens of the city’s school are terrified.
Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, is “one of the best-instrumented volcanoes in the United States,” for a volcanologist.
Its eruption, the first in decades, gives a tantalizing opportunity to the inner workings of the expiration of a large mountain.
Noodle the Pug has a TikTok star and a sort of temperament ring, through the undeniable act of getting up or collapsing in your dog’s bed.
Dominant in chess? Talented on the piano? Chinese master?
Many Asian-American applicants to the most sensible schools downplay activities that might be considered stereotypical as “Asian,” at the suggestion of school admissions consultants. Asian Americans are an incredibly varied group; Acutely aware of what not to be, and the rumor that scholars would possibly seem “too Asian” has become something of a learned wisdom.
And it turns out that one lawsuit showed what many Asian-American teenagers quietly thought. In October, the Supreme Court heard arguments in a lawsuit accusing Harvard University of systematically discriminating against Asian-American applicants. The complainants said that, to other racial groups, applicants of Asian descent consistently scored a lower “personal score,” a subjective score for characteristics such as self-confidence, sympathy and kindness.
Harvard University and affirmative action advocates have argued that there is no punishment for Asians, that race is one of many points used to compare applicants, and that the number of Asian-American applicants admitted has been expanding for decades.
Take a dip with a real mezcal punch or a smoked non-alcoholic punch.
In “Four Treasures from Heaven,” Jenny Tinghui Zhang uses “earthy and lyrical” prose to tell the story of a young Chinese woman trafficked to the American West in the nineteenth century, writes Jennifer Egan in her review.
Davy Chou’s film “Return to Seoul,” which follows the return of a reckless 25-year-old adoptee to South Korea, is a “shocking and disturbing wonder. “
The Times visited the most sensible interior designers to see their Christmas decorations.
Play mini crossword puzzles and a hint: Kendall Jenner’s sister (five letters).
Here’s Wordle and the Spelling Bee.
You can all our puzzles here.
That’s it for Monday. Have a week. —Dan
PS: The word “naslah”, the local name for the blade of a classic Omani dagger, made the first impression yesterday in The Times.
Start your week with this article about how Noah Baumbach made “White Noise” a crisis movie at the right time, and here’s Friday’s edition of “The Daily,” about who will pay for climate change.
You can succeed in Dan and the team in briefing@nytimes. com.
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