China's major cities of Beijing and Shanghai were blanketed with security on Tuesday in the wake of nationwide rallies calling for political freedoms and an end to COVID-19 lockdowns.
A deadly fire last week in Urumqi, the capital of northwest China's Xinjiang region, was the catalyst for the wave of outrage, with protesters taking to the streets of cities around the country.
In Shanghai, near a site where weekend protests saw bold calls for the resignation of President Xi Jinping, bar staff told AFP they had been ordered to close at 10:00 p.m. for "disease control."Throughout Monday, AFP journalists saw officers detaining four people, later releasing one, with a reporter counting 12 police cars within 100 meters along Wulumuqi street in Shanghai, the focal point of Sunday's rally."The [zero-COVID] policies now—they're just too strict.
But China's strict control of information and continued travel curbs have made verifying protester numbers across the vast country challenging.Around the world, solidarity protests also mushroomed. In Urumqi, an official said Tuesday the city would give a one-off payment of 300 yuan to each person with "low income or no income," and announced a five-month rent exemption for some households.
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