Anti-Lockdown Protests Intensify In China As COVID Cases Hit Record High

Beijing: Rare public protests opposing China's stringent Covid lockdowns intensified in the country, while coronavirus cases continue to rise sharply with close to 40,000 infections reported on Sunday.

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Chinese social media and Twitter have many videos of public protests, including a mass demonstration in Shanghai where people in a rare display of anger shouted slogans against the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) and President Xi Jinping.

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Many protesters were reportedly being arrested. (PTI)

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