TORONTO—Nearly 1,000 students rallied outside the Chinese consulate in Toronto Sunday night, calling for an end to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as they stood in solidarity with protesters in China following the deaths of at least 10 people in a fire in Xinjiang’s capital of Urumqi.
“Down with the Chinese Communist Party!” protesters chanted on both sides of the road in front of the consulate. Signs reading “Liberty or Death” and “Justice for Victims of Urumqi & 0f COVID” were held throughout the protest.
A protester speaks in front of the Chinese consulate in Toronto on Nov. 27, 2022. (Michelle Hu/The Epoch Times)
Protesters place flowers in front of the Chinese consulate to pay tribute to the victims who died in the apartment fire in Xinjiang’s capital of Urumqi, in Toronto on Nov. 27, 2022. (Michelle Hu/The Epoch Times)
The outrage was sparked by the tragedy in Urumqi, when first responders were unable to reach an apartment fire that was left to burn for hours due to COVID-19 blockades and lockdowns throughout the residential compound stemming from the CCP’s “zero-COVID” policy….