protests against China is strict zeroCorona virus disease policy spread to some of its major cities, including Beijing and Shanghai, on Sunday.
The extraordinary demonstrations come after a deadly fire in Far West kills 10 people And it sparked widespread anger.
wave of Civil disobedience, which included protests in Urumqi where fire As it happened anywhere else in Beijing f in Other cities, it has reached unprecedented levels in China since Xi Jinping took over power ten years ago.
In Shanghai, China’s most populous city, residents gather on Saturday night at Wolomoki Road, named after Urumqi, for A candlelight vigil turned into a protest in in early time hours of Sunday.
Significantly group of The police looked onholding the crowd up blank papers of Paper – a symbol of protest against Censorship.
Later on they yelled “Lift the lockdown for Urumqi, the lockdown is lifted for Xinjiang, lockdown lifted for All of China! According to a videotape circulated on social media.
On another point, great group He started shouting, “Down with chinese communist party, down with Xi Jinping, “According to witnesses and videos, in rare public Protest against country leadership.
The police tried on times to break up crowd.
A large crowd gathered on campus of Tsinghua University in Beijing, according to photos and videos posted on social media. some people also Carrying blank sheets of paper.
Thursday fire that killed 10 people in highrise building in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang regionsaw crowds take to street on Friday evening, chanting “End the lockdown!” And they pump their fists in the air according to the videos on social media.
Many netizens thought that the population is not up to it escape in time because building Partially locked downWhich city Officials denied. In Urumqi, A.; city of 4 million, some people It’s locked down for up to 100 days.
Zero-Covid
China has stuck with Xi’s signature zeroCorona virus disease policy Even with a lot of The world tries to coexist with Corona virus. while low global Standards, China’s issues have hit record heights for days, with nearly 40,000 new infections on Saturday.
China defends policy Lifesaving and essential to prevent healthcare dumping system. Officials vowed to continue with Growth though public Opposition and upward gravity on The world’s second- the biggest economy.
Widespread public Protest is extremely rare in China where the room for Dissent was stamped out under Xi, forcing citizens mostly to vent on social mediawhere are they play Cat and mouse with censors.
Frustration boils just over A month after Xi took third place term at the helm of Chinese Communist Party.
This will put serious pressure on The party to answer. there good chance that one The response will be suppression, and they will arrest said Dan Mattingly, associate professor of Politician science at Yale University.
However, he said, unrest is far from being witnessed in 1989, when the protests reached their peak in bloody repression in Tiananmen Square. he is added That Xi has long had the Chinese elite and the army on for him sidehe does not want face any sense risk in his fist on power.
This weekend, the Secretary of the Communist Party of Xinjiang Ma Shengrui called for The region to me step up Safety maintenance and curb illegal violent rejection of COVID prevention measures”.
Xinjiang officials have also He said public Transport services will gradually resume from Monday in Urumqi.
We don’t want Health icons
Other cities seen public The opposition includes Lanzhou in Northwest population on On Saturday I overturned COVID staff tents and smashed testing booths and poles on social media show up. Protesters said they were put under lockdown although this did not happen one The test result was positive.
Candlelight vigils for Urumqi victims took place in universities in Cities such as Nanjing and Beijing.
Videos from Shanghai were shown crowds facing Police shouting “Service people,” “we want Freedom “and” no want health symbols,” referring to mobile phone apps It must be checked for entrance to public places all over China.
Shanghai government He did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Sunday.
The city25 million people They are placed under lockdown for Two months ago this year, which sparked anger and protests.
Chinese authorities have since sought to be more targeted in Their COVID limits, an effort that the surge countered in infection as the country faces first winter with Omicron variant is highly transmissible.
in Beijing on Saturday, some residents under lockdown managed to successfully Confrontation and pressure on local officials to lift restrictions in the future of schedule.
1 video shared with Reuters showed Beijing residents marching in Unknown part of Capital on Saturday, chanting “End the lockdown!”
Beijing government He did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
protests against China is strict zeroCorona virus disease policy spread to some of its major cities, including Beijing and Shanghai, on Sunday.
The extraordinary demonstrations come after a deadly fire in Far West kills 10 people And it sparked widespread anger.
wave of Civil disobedience, which included protests in Urumqi where fire As it happened anywhere else in Beijing f in Other cities, it has reached unprecedented levels in China since Xi Jinping took over power ten years ago.
In Shanghai, China’s most populous city, residents gather on Saturday night at Wolomoki Road, named after Urumqi, for A candlelight vigil turned into a protest in in early time hours of Sunday.
Significantly group of The police looked onholding the crowd up blank papers of Paper – a symbol of protest against Censorship.
Later on they yelled “Lift the lockdown for Urumqi, the lockdown is lifted for Xinjiang, lockdown lifted for All of China! According to a videotape circulated on social media.
On another point, great group He started shouting, “Down with chinese communist party, down with Xi Jinping, “According to witnesses and videos, in rare public Protest against country leadership.
The police tried on times to break up crowd.
A large crowd gathered on campus of Tsinghua University in Beijing, according to photos and videos posted on social media. some people also Carrying blank sheets of paper.
Thursday fire that killed 10 people in highrise building in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang regionsaw crowds take to street on Friday evening, chanting “End the lockdown!” And they pump their fists in the air according to the videos on social media.
Many netizens thought that the population is not up to it escape in time because building Partially locked downWhich city Officials denied. In Urumqi, A.; city of 4 million, some people It’s locked down for up to 100 days.
Zero-Covid
China has stuck with Xi’s signature zeroCorona virus disease policy Even with a lot of The world tries to coexist with Corona virus. while low global Standards, China’s issues have hit record heights for days, with nearly 40,000 new infections on Saturday.
China defends policy Lifesaving and essential to prevent healthcare dumping system. Officials vowed to continue with Growth though public Opposition and upward gravity on The world’s second- the biggest economy.
Widespread public Protest is extremely rare in China where the room for Dissent was stamped out under Xi, forcing citizens mostly to vent on social mediawhere are they play Cat and mouse with censors.
Frustration boils just over A month after Xi took third place term at the helm of Chinese Communist Party.
This will put serious pressure on The party to answer. there good chance that one The response will be suppression, and they will arrest said Dan Mattingly, associate professor of Politician science at Yale University.
However, he said, unrest is far from being witnessed in 1989, when the protests reached their peak in bloody repression in Tiananmen Square. he is added That Xi has long had the Chinese elite and the army on for him sidehe does not want face any sense risk in his fist on power.
This weekend, the Secretary of the Communist Party of Xinjiang Ma Shengrui called for The region to me step up Safety maintenance and curb illegal violent rejection of COVID prevention measures”.
Xinjiang officials have also He said public Transport services will gradually resume from Monday in Urumqi.
We don’t want Health icons
Other cities seen public The opposition includes Lanzhou in Northwest population on On Saturday I overturned COVID staff tents and smashed testing booths and poles on social media show up. Protesters said they were put under lockdown although this did not happen one The test result was positive.
Candlelight vigils for Urumqi victims took place in universities in Cities such as Nanjing and Beijing.
Videos from Shanghai were shown crowds facing Police shouting “Service people,” “we want Freedom “and” no want health symbols,” referring to mobile phone apps It must be checked for entrance to public places all over China.
Shanghai government He did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Sunday.
The city25 million people They are placed under lockdown for Two months ago this year, which sparked anger and protests.
Chinese authorities have since sought to be more targeted in Their COVID limits, an effort that the surge countered in infection as the country faces first winter with Omicron variant is highly transmissible.
in Beijing on Saturday, some residents under lockdown managed to successfully Confrontation and pressure on local officials to lift restrictions in the future of schedule.
1 video shared with Reuters showed Beijing residents marching in Unknown part of Capital on Saturday, chanting “End the lockdown!”
Beijing government He did not immediately respond to a request for comment.