This wave of resistance to politics covid zero The Chinese government followed the protest in Urumqi, a city in the country’s northwest where The population saw in the rules of self-isolation the cause of the death of ten people as a result of a fire that broke out on Thursday in an apartment building.
In Shanghai, according to the British BBC, some protesters even shouted slogans such as “Xi Jinping step aside” or “Communist Party step aside.”🇧🇷 Rare phrases among one of the most viewed populations in the world. Other protesters waved white flags. Protests also took place at the capital’s universities, Beijing and Nanjing.
A protester said she heard police confess to the same riot, according to a British public broadcaster. “They wear uniforms, so they do their job,” he countered.
Speaking to The Associated Press, another protester said the police beat one of his friends and sprayed pepper spray on the other two.
university students in protest
Photos and videos of university students at memorial services in Beijing and Nanjing in memory of the victims of the fire in Urumqi were circulated on social networks.🇧🇷 This is exactly what happened at Tsinghua Capital University, according to a student quoted by France Presse.
In a symbolic gesture of defiance of censorship by the state apparatus, a group of demonstrators from Beijing appeared with blank banners and chanted for freedom and democracy.
Among the videos posted online, there are images of people pulling down fences on Saturday surrounding the large Tiantongyuan residential complex in the north of the capital..Specialized portal What’s On Weibo indicates that several users of the Weibo social network expressed support for the pickets and asked the participants to protect themselves.
The latest figures from China’s National Health Commission show that the country has recorded its highest number of infections in the past 24 hours, with about 40,000 new cases diagnosed on Saturday, the vast majority without any symptoms.
Beijing currently has the highest infection rates. The latest official figures point to more than 4,300 new infections diagnosed on Saturday, of which 82% are asymptomatic.
About 1.8 million people are currently in isolation..
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