Chinese officials initiated the highest level of censorship of the protests and ramped up the crackdown on tools used to bypass the nation’s internet control, according to reports, offering a glimpse of how the communist regime responded to the toughest challenges in decades.
From the capital Beijing to the remote county of Korla, Chinese citizens took to the streets, calling for an end to the strict COVID curbs and demanding freedom. In Shanghai, residents directed their anger toward the Chinese Communist Party and its top leader, demanding that they step down.
Describing what Shanghai residents chanted in the demonstration as “pernicious political slogans,” the authorities urged websites to “strengthen their content management,” according to a leaked notice published by China Digital Times, a Berkeley-based website dedicated to archiving content censored in China….