Shandhai: Protests against the government’s strict Covid restrictions have now intensified in China. Large numbers of people are venting their anger on the streets against the leaders of the Communist Party. Thousands of protesters line the streets of Shanghai. Students are also demonstrating at universities in Beijing and Nanjing. The protests that started in the remote northwestern city of Urumqi have now spread to several cities. Lockdown rules are being violated after 10 people died in a fire in a building in Urumqi. While Chinese officials have rejected the allegations of death due to ‘Covid’ restrictions.
Urumqi officials issued an unusual apology late Friday night. Demonstrators chanted ‘Xi Jinping, step down’ and ‘Communist Party, step down’ on the streets of Shanghai, China’s largest city. Some people participated in the demonstration with white banners. While others lit candles and laid flowers for those killed in the Urumqi fire.
Such protests are not at all common in China, where criticizing the government or the president can be severely punished, but analysts say the government misread the growing discontent with the zero-covid policy. Xi Jinping’s very strict zero covid policy has faced criticism from the beginning. Recently they said that this will not be removed. One protester in Shanghai said he was ‘surprised and excited’ to see people on the streets. He said it was the first time he had seen unrest on such a large scale in China.
There were also clashes between people and police at a protest site in Shanghai. According to international media, police rounded up the last few protesters at the scene in Shanghai and some women were taken away. People also raised slogans of ‘Step down CCP’.
He said the lockdown made him sad, angry and frustrated because he could not see his ailing mother, who is undergoing treatment for cancer. On Saturday, 34,398 corona cases were reported in China. On Friday, the figure was 31,928, marking a recent surge in the number of infections. (Gujarat Times Compilation)
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The situation of corona infection in China is serious
As the cases of corona infection are increasing in China once again, panic has spread all over the world. As the cold grows, the global epidemic has reached an explosive level. Two years ago in 2020, the corona-infection started with the onset of winter. Just like this, since the last week of November 2022, the situation of Corona in several cities including Wuhan in China is seen to be explosive. Corona cases are increasing rapidly here. More than 40,000 cases of Kovid-19 are reported every day. Before this, more than 30,000 corona cases have been found in the country for five consecutive days. In the last 24 hours, the number of corona infected has reached 40,052. Before this, 40,347 cases of corona were reported. The transition graph is moving fast. The Xi Jinping government is also taking various measures regarding that. Strict lockdown has been imposed in Corona affected areas. The problem has arisen that the people who are confined to their homes and businesses are closed have turned against the government and are holding massive demonstrations on the streets. These demonstrations first started in Shanghai, then Beijing, and are now spreading to many cities across the country. Demonstrations in Shanghai continue unabated. People want relief from lockdown to supply essential goods. This epidemic originated from China itself. He took many countries in his grip