Chinese government turned a blind eye to the criticism of its Covid management, Voices Against Autocracy has stated, adding that despite all the world criticism, China stuck to its impractical and unreasonable zero-covid policy and ignored the innocent civilians suffering.
Shanghai announced that no mass COVID testing will be conducted at the administrative region level except for employees in high-risk positions and high-risk areas.
According to CNN, several workers across China have taken down some of the outward symbols of the nation's zero-Covid regulations, removing health code scanning signs from metro station walls and closing some gates after the Chinese government announced removing curbs.
After the nomination of Chinese President Xi Jinping for the third term in October, people hoped that they would get some relief from the policy but with its 1000 Covid cases, the residents are afraid of the repetition of lockdown, The Hong Kong Post reported.
The continued demonstrations against harsh lockdowns and the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) zero-covid policy in China are probably going to make it more difficult for Xi Jinping to realize his goal of making China a superpower.
Blaming CCP laid draconian lockdowns and strict covid-19 measures, Uyghur siblings who lost loved ones in the fire tragedy in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, said that their relatives might still be alive if the personnel of the neighbourhood committee had opened the door.
The ongoing protests in China over draconian lockdowns and the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) zero covid policy is likely to hinder Xi Jinping's vision to make China a global superpower.
The agitation which began at 05.00 am (local time) on Wednesday included student activists from 'Uyghur Youth' and East Turkestan Federation (Dogu Turkestan Federasyon).
On November 24, a fire tore through a residential building in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region's capital Urumqi. After the incident, citizens circulated the videos on the internet space, with residents screaming and demanding authorities to open exits. The residents said that they were closed under strict COVID-19 restrictions that have been in place for more than 100 days and have caused widespread hardship.
As per the news report, Chinese authorities have been quietly attempting to 'stamp out' the protests that have spread across the country over the past week. Protests in China erupted in response to apartment building fire in Urumqi last Thursday.
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