In the press - Protests in China: "Don't let the authorities organize another Tiananmen massacre"

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In the headlines, the repression, in China, after the demonstrations against the so-called “zero Covid” policy, over the weekend.

Arrests, massive police presence, censorship of social networks to erase all traces of the protests: in the aftermath of these demonstrations, the authorities are trying to stifle the revolt in the bud, according to

, which featured a local official pointing at a protester.

This brandishes a white sign – symbol of censorship.

This scene took place yesterday in Beijing.

"Will the power repress the protesters, at the risk of triggering an even greater popular reaction? Or give in to them, by easing health measures, at the risk of igniting the epidemic?"

: the British daily sees in any case "undermined" the "boasting" of President Xi Jinping, who likes to praise the merits of the Chinese political system, more capable, according to him, of facing "existential challenges", than the United States and other democracies.

On the front page of La Croix:

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is ​​concerned about the deployment of a "significant repressive device" and wonders about "how the Xi Jinping regime will manage this unprecedented popular discontent since the uprising in Tiananmen Square."

In an op-ed published by

, Jianli Yang, who took part in the 1989 demonstrations in Beijing and who now lives in exile in the United States, asks the international community "not to let China organize another Tiananmen Massacre:

“Western governments must not repeat their mistakes of 1989. At the time, these leaders made little effort to dissuade CCP leader Deng Xiaoping from massacring students because they did not believe he Western leaders today can openly express their moral support for the protesters and encourage the Chinese authorities to engage in peaceful dialogue."

The situation in China will certainly be discussed during the meeting in the United States between Presidents Emmanuel Macron and Joe Biden.

According to

, Emmanuel Macron hopes that the four-day visit he begins on Tuesday will, among other things, "mitigate the impact of American industrial protectionism" - an "

" policy.

, which would have the effect of "weakening" the French economy.

According to the Élysée, Paris would like "a resynchronization of the American and European agendas" to "consolidate a kind of new partnership".

So much for the official speech.

The daily

, he suspects the president of looking for "a hiding place of salvation" in the United States, at a time when he would find himself "weakened on the domestic scene and worried about the legacy he will leave behind him" - hence his efforts to "heal his stature as an international statesman".

A thesis refuted by the macronists, who assure them that Emmanuel Macron spends a lot of time abroad "to better treat the root (the) French ills".

Emmanuel Macron, determined to revive Franco-American friendship – also see in a drawing by Schrank published by

, showing the French president, knocking on the door of the White House, a bouquet of flowers and two good bottles by hand.

>> To read also: Emmanuel Macron will begin his second state visit to the United States

The United States, whose national team faces Iran, this evening, in the Football World Cup.

A meeting with strong geopolitical intensity.

Sign of the importance attached to this match, the players of "

" make the front page of

, which does not say a word of the silence observed by the players at the time of the national anthem, during the meeting against England, a week ago, but evokes, on the other hand, "History in motion", "a day for the history books", about the meeting tonight.

American side,

believes that "the unrest that has gripped Iran over the past two months has further intensified what would have already been a tense encounter between the two geopolitical foes", "under the spotlight of the most watched event in the world".

The Football World Cup, which Kurdish-born cartoonist Jawad Morad accuses of diverting attention from Iranian bombings and tricks against Kurdistan, in a cartoon published by

.

>> To read also: Mondial-2022: Iran-United States, a match with sporting and geopolitical issues

Before leaving, let's salute the victory of Portugal over Uruguay.

The Portuguese qualified for the round of 16 of the World Cup, thanks to a brace from Bruno Fernandes.

Since Cristiano Ronaldo's move to Manchester United, the cohabitation between the two players seemed difficult, even impossible, but this World Cup finally shows a good understanding between the two men, both in the honor of

, which evokes "the perfect prince."

Let's also remember this piece from The

, which reports on a Franco-French quarrel over Gergovie, in Auvergne – the site of the great battle in 52 BC between the Gallic leader Vercingetorix and the Roman emperor Julius Caesar.

To sum up: the president of the Auvergne-Rhône Alpes region, Laurent Wauquiez, plans to build a museum of Gallic civilization on a very specific site, to the great fury of a band of die-hard Gauls – sorry, enthusiasts of History, which maintain that the battle did not take place at the chosen place, but a few kilometers away.

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