Police officers stand guard as people protest COVID-19 restrictions and hold a vigil to commemorate the victims of a fire in Urumqi, as outbreaks of the coronavirus disease continue, in Beijing, China.Police officers stand guard as people protest COVID-19 restrictions and hold a vigil to commemorate the victims of a fire in Urumqi, as outbreaks of the coronavirus disease continue, in Beijing, China.
A 26-year-old protester in Shanghai, who declined to be identified given the sensitivity of the matter says, “We just want our basic human rights. We can’t leave our homes without getting a test. It was the accident in Xinjiang that pushed people too far.” One large group chanted in the early hours of Sunday, “Down with the Chinese Communist Party, down with Xi Jinping”, according to witnesses and videos posted on social media, in a rare public protest against the country’s leadership.According to unverified videos on social media, Thursday’s fire in Urumqi was followed by crowds there taking to the street on Friday evening, chanting “End the lockdown!” and pumping fists in the air.
At one, at least a 100 people held aloft blank pieces of white paper. At another, crowds called chants, including, “We don’t want masks, we want freedom. We don’t want COVID tests, we want freedom.”
amaizuskitchen What does this say about COVID vaccinations the Chinese were donating in Africa. Have they worked or failed in their country?