Anti-#ZeroCovid protests are spreading in #China in different parts of the country, following deaths in a fire blamed on lockdown policies. bbc.com/news/world-asi…
This anti-#ZeroCovid protest is said to have happened today at Tsinghua University in #Beijing. For young people in #China, a large chunk of this crucial part of their lives has been dominated by the #Covid crisis and all its restrictions.
You’ll notice anti-#ZeroCovid protestors holding blank sheets of paper in #China. This is not only a statement about dissent being silenced here, it’s also an up yours to the authorities, as if to say ‘Are you going to arrest me for holding a sign saying nothing?”.
You can see more video footage of the anti-#ZeroCovid protests in #China today in this piece cut together by the BBC’s Beijing bureau… “Zero-Covid anger grows after deadly China fire” bbc.co.uk/news/world-asi…
From me re anti-#ZeroCovid protests in #China. One protester calls out: "Xi Jinping!" And hundreds reply: "Step down!". Again and again: "Xi Jinping! Step down! Xi Jinping! Step down!". Acts of dissent are not unusual in China.. this time it's different. bbc.com/news/world-asi…
At the vigil in #Chengdu tonight (marking the deaths in #Xinjiang and calling for an end to #ZeroCovid) reports that the chant was going up "No more leader for life!", opposing #XiJinping's forever presidency. #China #Covid
#Beijing protestors were tonight calling for detained #Shanghai protestors to be released. Could this be the first time ever Beijingers have cheered their support for Shanghai in any capacity? ;-) #ZeroCovid building bridges. #ChinaProtests
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