The slight relaxation of testing requirements comes even as daily virus infections reach near-record highs, and follows weekend protests across the country by residents frustrated by the rigid enforcement of anti-virus restrictions that are now entering their fourth year, even as the rest of the world has opened up.
The requirement has led to complaints from some Beijing residents that even though the city has shut many testing stations, most public venues still require COVID-19 tests. The recent demonstrations, the largest and most widely spread in decades, erupted Nov. 25 after a fire in an apartment building in the northwestern city of Urumqi killed at least 10 people.
Power of the people
Wait - did protest lead to changed policy? How dare those insurrectionists!
Protests work. Just like in Canada, we got our freedom of choice back thanks to the truckers.
Dam son, those protests really got to them.
Yesssss best news I have heard in three years!
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