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Chinese protests spread over government’s covid restrictions

wsj 6 min read . Updated: 27 Nov 2022, 07:03 PM IST Lingling Wei, The Wall Street Journal
Chinese police officers block off acceProtests against China's strict zero-COVID policies resurfaced in Shanghai and Beijing on Sunday afternoon, continuing a round of demonstrations that have spread across the country since a deadly apartment fire in the northwestern city of Urumqi led to questions over such rigid anti-virus measures (Photo: AP)Premium
Chinese police officers block off acceProtests against China's strict zero-COVID policies resurfaced in Shanghai and Beijing on Sunday afternoon, continuing a round of demonstrations that have spread across the country since a deadly apartment fire in the northwestern city of Urumqi led to questions over such rigid anti-virus measures (Photo: AP)

Demonstrations have erupted in Beijing, Shanghai and other major cities

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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