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Chinese protests spread over government’s covid restrictions

8 min read . Updated: 28 Nov 2022, 07:31 PM IST Lingling Wei, The Wall Street Journal

Students hold up blank papers as they stage a protest at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. (Photo: AP) — Students hold up blank papers as they stage a protest at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. **(Photo: AP)**

Demonstrations erupt in Beijing, Shanghai and other major cities

BEIJING : Protests are erupting in major cities in China over President Xi Jinping‘s zero-tolerance approach to Covid-19, an unusual show of defiance in the country as the economic and social costs from snap lockdowns and other strict restrictions escalate.

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