Covid protests spread across China after lockdown blamed for apartment block fire deaths

A fire on Thursday that killed 10 people has sparked a wave of demonstrations

Videos from Shanghai showed crowds facing police and chanting “Serve the people”, “We want freedom”, and “We don’t want health codes”, a reference to the mobile phone apps that must be scanned for entry into public places across China.A video showed Beijing residents marching in an unidentifiable part of the capital, shouting “End the lockdown!”

China defends Xi’s signature zero-Covid policy as life-saving and necessary to prevent overwhelming the healthcare system. It comes after its Communist Party Secretary Ma Xingrui called for the region to step up security maintenance and curb the “illegal violent rejection of COVID-prevention measures”.

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