China Xinjiang: Urumqi rocked by Covid lockdown protests after deadly fire

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Urumqi residents confronted officials amid claims Covid restrictions stopped people escaping a blaze.

Footage showed demonstrators marching through the streets, pumping their fists and chanting for an end to lockdowns

Beijing continues to pursue a zero-Covid policy, despite record infection numbers and growing public anger. They were seen chanting, pumping their firsts and arguing with officials. The location was verified by the Reuters news agency. The internet is heavily censored in China, and references to the Urumqi protests had largely been taken down by Saturday morning.

 

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