10 things you need to know today: November 29, 2022

China deploys police to prevent more "zero COVID" protests, Biden urges Congress to step in to prevent an economically devastating rail strike, and more

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1. China police move in to prevent more 'zero COVID' protests

China sent out police in force to prevent renewed protests against Beijing's zero COVID policy. Demonstrations, some calling for President Xi Jinping to resign, spread to cities across the country over the weekend. There were small protests Monday evening in several cities in defiance of the threatened crackdown. Local authorities in some areas eased restrictions Monday, but didn't cite the protests or criticism of zero COVID. The city government of Beijing said it would stop erecting gates to keep people out of apartment complexes where infections have been confirmed. The White House on Monday called China's zero COVID strategy ineffective, and said China's citizens have "the right to peacefully protest."

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.