Hundreds of students at a Chinese high school have been kept in lockdown for over two weeks in the school’s dorms, and some have been transferred to unknown locations. Worried parents seeking information about their children have been met with police beatings and arrests. The dramatic situation comes amid public unrest as millions in China face new or continued lockdowns under the regime’s “Zero-COVID” policy.
The students attend Renze No. 2 school, a combined middle and high school, in Xingtai, in northern China’s Hebei Province. The school has been locked down, with all students kept inside the dorms, since Oct. 21. …