China is the only major country still fighting COVID with lockdowns and mass testing but, after living with extreme restrictions for months, many citizens have had enough.
Mr Zhao said protesters yelled slogans including"Xi Jinping, step down, Communist Party, step down","Unlock Xinjiang, unlock China","do not want PCR , want freedom" and"press freedom".
Sean Li, a resident of Beijing, told Reuters that a planned lockdown for his compound was called off on Friday after residents spotted workers putting barriers on their gates.Mr Li said:"The Urumqi fire got everyone in the country upset.Who are the Uyghur people and why do they face oppression by China?
People chanted"open up, open up", in videos that were shared on social media before being deleted by censors on Saturday. China's zero-COVID policy was initially well-received by citizens, who saw it as minimising deaths while other countries were battling huge casualties.
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