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China: Protests continue despite relaxation in Covid restrictions


 Last week the People’s Republic of China ended its harsh zero-Covid policy. Despite relaxation in Covid restrictions, protests have continued in some Chinese cities.

Over the weekend, there have been 68 dissent incidents across 31 cities in China, according to Nathan Ruser, an OSINT (open source intelligence) researcher. Protests have continued in Beijing, Wuhan, Hebei, Guangzhou, Chengdu, and Shanghai. Students, residents, and workers are still protesting on the streets to challenge the Covid restrictions. 

Reportedly, at least nine new protests in eight Chinese cities were tracked by China Protests Monitor. On December 7, residents in Cangzhou, Hebei gathered at the gate of the heating company to protest against Covid restrictions. Another protest was reported in Jingmen, Hubei. 

On December 10, around 300 students of West China School of Clinical Medicine, Sichuan University, protested against the high intensity of work. Another protest was reported at Chongqing Medical University in Yuzhong District. They protested because students in the new campus were allowed to return home, while the students at the old campus were not released for a long time due to harsh Covid-restrictions. 

Protests erupted across China on November 25 after the Urumqi fire that killed at least 10 people. Protesters blamed Covid-19 lockdowns in Urumqi for the death of those ten people as help did not arrive on time. They called on authorities to end the zero-Covid policy. 

Subsequently, China loosened Covid restrictions that prohibited people from entering supermarkets and commercial buildings under the Zero-Covid policy. The Chinese authorities said that people no longer require a negative Covid test report to enter public places in Beijing, Shanghai, and other major Chinese cities. Wuhan, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Chengdu also announced relaxation in Covid restrictions. Urumqi also opened supermarkets, hotels, cinemas, and gyms. 

The National Health Commission (NHC) announced new guidelines, wherein Chinese officials would stop launching temporary lockdowns and end Covid testing. 


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