Despite a low-risk pandemic situation in the area, the Guangzhou Vocational University of Science and Technology, in southern China’s Guangdong province, prolonged its COVID-19 restrictions on campus. Discontent from locked-up students simmered until it reached a critical point. At noon on Mar. 17, at least 300 Guangzhou university students launched a surprise charge on the guarded school gate and stormed off campus. Student Lin Fang (alias), told the Chinese-language Epoch Times it looked like a prison escape scene from a movie. “It happened during break time. As guards were allowing a vehicle to exit, the crowds saw an opportunity and flooded out.” “The guards at the gate tried to stop the crowds but in vain,” Lin recalled. Later in the afternoon, additional guards were posted at the entrance and other locations. Interviewees: Unnecessary and Unfair Lockdown Zhang Feng, a student at the university, told the Chinese-language Epoch Times that the …