Protests against COVID-19 lockdowns have broken out in major cities across China as reported infected cases surge.
Despite the regime’s new epidemic prevention regulations that aimed to prevent the excessive control measures by local authorities, China is still sticking to the restrictive “zero-COVID” policies. With rapidly rising infection numbers, more cities have expanded lockdowns, causing growing public anger.
Protests recently erupted across the country. Large-scale protests occurred in Xinjiang, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Zhengzhou, and other cities against the “zero-COVID” control measures. Angry residents broke blockades and pushed down fences, and shouted slogans of “down with the Communist Party” and “Xi Jinping should resign.” Facing the protests, authorities in some places had to put out announcements saying that there was no lockdown or that the lockdown was lifted….