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Events on Wednesday 7 December 2022 2
2022Protests force China to abandon zero-COVIDThe largest demonstrations in decadesProtests against lockdowns spread across Chinese cities in late November 2022 following a deadly fire in Urumqi. Within weeks the government dismantled its zero-COVID controls.
2022Pedro Castillo removed and arrested in PeruAn attempted dissolution of Congress backfiresPeru's Congress removed President Pedro Castillo on 7 December 2022, hours after he tried to dissolve it. He was arrested and Dina Boluarte became the country's first woman president.