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How an American Singer Fled Shanghai’s Lockdown; Bank Customers Brutally Beaten in China’s Henan

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China in Focus

More protests over bank freezes broke out in China over the weekend. Customers say they can’t access their money—while those who gathered to demonstrate were met with violence. Eyewitnesses blame it on plainclothes police. Secretary of State #AntonyBlinken met with his Chinese counterpart. The talks were described as a path toward easing tensions between Washington and Beijing. Blinken and Taiwan’s vice president visit Tokyo to pay their respects to former Japanese Prime Minister #ShinzoAbe. China’s Xi Jinping also extended condolences. An American singer tells us how she escaped Shanghai’s lockdown after witnessing suicide, protests, and being forced out of her home.