Anti-Lockdown Protests Intensify In China As COVID Cases Hit Record High

DN Bureau

Rare public protests opposing China's stringent Covid lockdowns intensified in the country, while coronavirus cases continue to rise sharply with close to 40,000 infections reported on Sunday. Read on for details:

Angry crowds took to the streets in Shanghai in China
Angry crowds took to the streets in Shanghai in China


Beijing: Rare public protests opposing China's stringent Covid lockdowns intensified in the country, while coronavirus cases continue to rise sharply with close to 40,000 infections reported on Sunday.

Chinese social media and Twitter have many videos of public protests, including a mass demonstration in Shanghai where people in a rare display of anger shouted slogans against the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) and President Xi Jinping.

Many protesters were reportedly being arrested. (PTI)










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