As protests against China’s strict Covid-19 restrictions flared for the third day and spread to several cities, hundreds of protesters and police engaged in violent altercations in Shanghai.
As resentment over President Xi Jinping’s signature zero-Covid policy grows nearly three years into the pandemic, a wave of civil disobedience that has not been seen in mainland China in the past ten years is breaking out.
On Sunday, protests that were sparked by a fatal apartment fire that occurred in the country’s far west last week occurred in cities like Shanghai, Beijing, Chengdu, Wuhan, and Guangzhou.
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