While many Chinese citizens are indeed fed up with the government’s Zero-COVID policy, predicting that a mass revolt is ready to overturn Communist rule is the latest sign of our deep misunderstanding of the Asian superpower. A view from Bogotá of a former Beijing correspondent.
Police in Shanghai on Sunday (November 27) dragged and detained people who were protesting against strict coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions, the news agency Reuters reported. Protesters were seen singing the national anthem as they gathered in the streets of Shanghai.
Meanwhile, the BBC said on Sunday that one of its journalists covering the protests was assaulted and detained by the Chinse police in Shanghai. He was later released after several hours.