Why Are Protersters Holding Blank Papers/Chinese Anti-COVID Lockdown Protesters Call For Xi To Step Down
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Chinese protesters have turned to blank sheets of paper to express their anger over COVID restrictions in a rare, widespread outpouring of public dissent, in the video published on Nov. 27, 2022, by Reuters, as “Why China’s COVID protesters hold up blank paper“, below:
Protests erupted across China, including at universities, in an unprecedented show of defiance against the country’s zero-Covid policy, in the video published on Nov. 27, 2022, by CNN, as “Protests erupt across China over zero-Covid policy“, below:
Unrest is growing in China over the country’s strict COVID-19 measures. Fresh protests have broken out in major cities, with hundreds rallying at Beijing’s elite Tsing-hua University, chanting ‘we want freedom.’ Many also held up blank sheets of paper in a symbolic protest against state censorship. More demonstrations have also been reported in Shanghai, following clashes with police overnight. Public anger has flared after a deadly apartment block fire, with many blaming an ongoing lockdown for hampering rescue efforts. Chinese officials have defended their zero-covid policiy, despite the growing public backlash, in the video published on Nov. 27, 2022, by DW News, as “Protesters in China demand Xi Jinping step down | DW News“, below:
There have been unprecedented protests in China over the country’s strict zero-Covid policy. Hundreds of demonstrators clashed with police in Shanghai while Beijing also saw unrest. Some openly called for the ruling Community Party to stand down. The violence follows a deadly apartment fire in the city of Urumqi, which was blamed on lockdown, in the video published on Nov. 27, 2022, by Sky News, as “COVID-19: Protesters call for Xi Jinping to stand down“, below:
Protests against China’s restrictive COVID-19 policies have spread to more cities as anger mounts over a deadly fire in the western Xinjiang region that has been connected to the country’s strict lockdown policies. Hundreds of students from Beijing’s Tsinghua University rallied at their campus on Sunday, the AFP news agency reported, chanting “freedom will prevail” and calling for an end to lockdowns, in the video published on Nov. 27, 2022, by CNN-News18, as “China News LIVE | Protests Spread In China As Anger Mounts Over ‘Zero-Covid’| English News LIVE“, below:
Protesters in China, who are upset about strict Covid-19 protocols, are openly calling on Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party to “step down.” CNN’s Selina Wang reports, in the video published on Nov. 27, 2022, by CNN, as “CNN reporter calls moment during historic China protests ‘shocking’“, below:
Covid cases are on the rise again in China and cities have enforced tough measures and curbs to control the outbreak. China reported 32,695 new local cases on Thursday, of which 3,041 were symptomatic and 29,654 were asymptomatic, up from 31,444 a day earlier. Guangzhou and southwestern Chongqing recorded the bulk of Covid infections, although hundreds of new infections were reported daily in cities such as Chengdu, Jinan, Lanzhou, Xian and Wuhan in the video published on Nov. 27, 2022, by India Today, as “Anti-Lockdown Protests Intensify In China As COVID Cases Hit Record High“, below:
Demonstrations have broken out in cities and university campuses across China amid widespread anger at Covid lockdowns. The wave of civil disobedience was triggered by an apartment fire on Friday in which at least 10 people died in the west Xinjiang region. In an unusually bold act that appeared to indicate the level of people’s desperation, a crowd in Shanghai called for the removal of the Communist party and President Xi Jinping in a standoff with police on Saturday, according to videos circulated on Twitter. Chinese people usually refrain from criticizing the party and its leaders in public for fear of reprisals Anti-lockdown protests spread in China as anger rises over zero-Covid strategy Depressed, powerless, angry: why frustration at China’s zero-Covid is spilling over, in the video published on Nov. 27, 2022, by Guardian News, as “‘Xi Jinping, step down!’: anti-lockdown protests spread across China”, below:
Chinese protesters pulled down Covid-quarantine barricades in Wuhan as anti-lockdown protests spread across the country in the biggest challenge to Xi Jinping since he assumed power a decade ago. Chanting “we want freedom!”, hundreds of people marched through the city where the coronavirus pandemic first broke out, ignoring orders to show their health passes in line with the government’s draconian zero-Covid policies. In Shanghai, protesters called for President Xi to step down while others cried out “give me liberty or give me death” in the city of Chengdu. In the capital Beijing, police warned demonstrators not to chant “no more lockdowns” – so the crowd began to sing “we want lockdowns” and “I want to do Covid tests”. The country-wide protests are a momentous culmination after a week of unrest that has included massive demonstrations in the suppressed region of Xinjiang, riots at an iPhone factory in central China, and student marches on the campuses of some of China’s most prestigious universities. The unrest poses a serious challenge to Mr Xi, who has effectively installed himself ruler for life after spending his first decade in office squeezing civil and political freedoms. Activists have described the protests as the gravest threat to the Communist Party since the Tiananmen Square movement of 1989, in the video published on Nov. 27, 2022, by The Telegraph, as “Protesters in Shanghai demand President Xi resign over China’s Covid lockdowns“, below:
Anti-lockdown protests in Chengdu is getting out of control. Similar pictures arrive from Shanghai, Wuhan, Guangzhou and even Beijing. In some locations in Wuhan, where parts of the city are supposed to be under lockdown, people removed barricades and are walking out. They are all tired of strict lockdown measures after three years, needing food, work, and fresh air. Anti-government anti-Covid demonstrations broke out in at least ten Chinese cities in the past few days. In Wuhan, where the epidemic broke out, citizens are protesting nonstop. They are taking down barricades and testing booths. In the evenings, they are chanting, “Liberate, liberate…” and some would call out, “Give me liberty or give me death.”
Much more can also be seen, about Wuhan protests, at Twitter: https://twitter.com/search?q=Wuhan&src=typed_query
Much more can also be seen, about Shanghai protests, at Twitter: https://twitter.com/search?q=Shanghai&src=typed_query&f=top
Much more can also be seen, about Beijing protests, at Twitter: https://twitter.com/search?q=Beijing&src=typed_query&f=top
Much more can also be seen, about Chengdu protests, at Twitter: https://twitter.com/search?q=Chengdu&src=typed_query&f=top
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