China has been rocked by protests against its government’s draconian Covid measures.
Protesters in Beijing hold blank pieces of paper during a protest against Covid restrictions
Thousands of protestors have come out in Beijing, Shanghai and other cities on Sunday over the country’s zero-cases policy, which includes repeated testing and people being barred from leaving their homes for as long as 100 days. Crowds took to the streets on Friday in Xinjiang’s capital of Urumqi, chanting ‘End the lockdown’ and pumping their fists in the air.
It is feared residents were unable to escape from a tower block engulfed in flames because of president Xi Jinping’s restrictions.People sing slogans while gathering on a street in Shanghai Officers stand guard as people held a vigil to commemorate the victims of the fire in Urumqi Thousands of protesters have also turned out in Shanghai for a third day in a row despite police efforts to disperse them.Some were seen holding up blank sheets of paper – to beat strict laws over protest slogans.
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