Public anger in China towards continuing COVID-19 lockdowns has sparked rare protests in a number of major cities in recent days, with some demonstrators calling on the Communist Party to step down.
Protests against China’s restrictive Covid-19 measures continued to flare up in China after a deadly fire in Xinjiang killed ten people. Protestors claimed that the strict Covid curbs hampered the rescue operations.
By Yew Lun Tian (Reuters) - Public anger in China towards widening COVID-19 lockdowns across the country erupted into rare protests in China’s far western Xinjiang region and the country's capital of Beijing, as nationwide infections set another record. Crowds took to the streets on Friday night in .
IAN BIRRELL: The blaze broke out in a residential high-rise building in Urumqi, a city in western China infamous for the repression of Uighur citizens.