From Our Own Correspondent
From Our Own Correspondent
BBC
4.4 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 3 December 2022
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Kate Adie presents stories from China, Ukraine, Moldova, Zimbabwe and the US.
Protests have taken place across China, from Shanghai, to Guangdong to Beijing after a fire in Urumqi killed ten people who were thought to have been under Covid restrictions. Celia Hatton asks whether this is a watershed moment for Xi Jinping and his Zero Covid policy.
In Ukraine, a bloody war is being fought in towns and cities in Donetsk, such as Bakhmut and Avdiivka, with high numbers of casualties on both sides. Abdujalil Abdurasulov went to Avdiivka and spoke to some of the 2000 residents who've decided to stay amid intensive shelling, in bombed-out buildings.
Joe Inwood goes to neighbouring Moldova where local businesses, including a winery, are trying to switch to renewable energy to avoid the power outages caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Moldova and Ukraine's power infrastructure are intrinsically interlinked, so cities across the country are affected by Russian attacks.
In Zimbabwe, despite initial hopes that President Ernest Mnangagwa would bring economic and political stability, the reappearance of road blocks harks back to the regime of Robert Mugabe. Meanwhile inflation is once again soaring, and the country remains locked in an economic spiral, says Kim Chakanetsa.
And in Washington DC, the leader of the far-right, anti-government Oath Keepers militia was found guilty of plotting an armed rebellion to stop President Joe Biden from taking office in 2020. Mike Wendling went to Montana to meet the ring leader, Stewart Rhodes' son.
Producer: Serena Tarling Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith Production Coordinator: Iona Hammond
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.1 | Today, ferocious battles are underway in Ukraine's Donetsk region. We hear from the remaining |
| 0:11.2 | residents still living in bombed out buildings. In neighbouring Moldova, we hear how the Soviet |
| 0:17.7 | era power structure has led to a domino effect of power outages from |
| 0:22.7 | the Russian invasion. We're on the road to Kariba in Zimbabwe's north, where the reappearance |
| 0:29.5 | of police roadblocks are a sign of the bad old days making a return. And finally, a verdict is |
| 0:37.3 | reached in Washington in the trial of the far-right |
| 0:40.0 | militia involved in the 6th of January attack on the capital. We hear how the son of the group's |
| 0:46.5 | ringleader has fought to move out from under his father's shadow. First, China, where a fire in |
| 0:53.8 | the northwestern city of Arumchi, killing 10, triggered a spate of protests across the country over the past week. |
| 1:01.6 | Many suspected the city's strict COVID lockdown had obstructed rescue efforts to save residents trapped inside. |
| 1:09.4 | At the heart of the protests |
| 1:10.9 | lies public frustration |
| 1:12.6 | with China's zero COVID policy |
| 1:14.9 | and its continuous quarantines, |
| 1:17.9 | mass testing, |
| 1:19.2 | and often lengthy lockdowns, |
| 1:21.1 | which have forced businesses to close |
| 1:23.2 | and cause significant disruption to daily life. |
| 1:27.2 | Celia Hatton asks if this could be a watershed moment for Xi Jinping and the Communist Party. |
| 1:33.6 | After some deliberation, I decided 12 was a good number. |
| 1:38.1 | Twelve people from radically different backgrounds across China |
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