Authorities there hope the strict lockdown on nearly 25 million people will curb a fresh outbreak, but it has led to clashes between residents and police. 0ur china correspondent robin brant sent this report from shanghai. three weeks into lockdown, some in shanghai are angry. in broad daylight, a confrontation. the police, up against the people. scenes like this have become increasingly unusual here. but then so is locking down almost 25 million people. head to toe in protective suits, in an eastern district of the city, officers were forcing people out of their rented apartments so they could turn them into temporary quarantine facilities, all in the name of a war against a resurgent
Officers were forcing people out of their rented apartments. ..so they could turn them into temporary quarantine facilities, all in the name of a war against a resurgent covid. but for some, it was just too much. their homes sequestered, their desperation easy for all to hear. their homes sequested, their desperation easy for all to hear. woman cries. a few miles away, there was an organised protest a bold stand as the lockdown takes hold. in a country where you can be arrested for picking quarrels, they re angry about a local school being turned into another quarantine facility. police with riot shields forced them off the streets in the end. this was on a small scale. ..but it s a sign of anger and frustration
..so they could turn them into temporary quarantine facilities, all in the name of a war against a resurgent covid. but for some, it was just too much. their homes requested, their desperation easy for all to hear. their homes sequested, their desperation easy for all to hear. woman cries. a few miles away, there was an organised protest a bold stand as the lockdown takes hold. in a country where you can be arrested for picking quarrels, they re angry about a local school being turned into another quarantine facility. police with riot shields forced them off the streets in the end. this was on a small scale. ..but it s a sign of anger and frustration as this lockdown goes on. larger scale social unrest