China COVID Protest: There is an outcry in China over the ‘Zero Covid Policy’. Due to the strict rules made regarding Corona, Chinese President Xi Jinping is now getting surrounded in his own country. Troubled by the ‘Zero Covid Policy’, people have now taken to the streets and have opened a front against the government. At the same time, force is also being used to suppress the voice of the protesters. Even after this, the government is not able to control the protest.
The game of cat and mouse continues between the police and the protesters. Dating apps and social media are being used by the protesters to dodge the police. So that they can convey their strategy and their message to as many people as possible.
Protesters dodging the police like this
According to media reports, the police has banned the broadcast of videos and photos related to the protests. Accounts that went viral with content related to the protests have also been put on a tightly censored cyberspace. Social media users say that in order to dodge the police, activists are now saving them on foreign social media platforms before deleting them. In the videos going viral on social media, it can be clearly seen how people are opposing the Covid policies of the government.
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Anger fueled by Urumqi fire
For the first time in more than a decade of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s tenure, protesters took to the streets to protest against the government. The strict ‘Zero Kovid Policy’ was implemented by the government after the Corona cases surfaced in Wuhan. Under this, people are facing lockdown for almost 3 years. The recent fatal fire at an apartment in Urumqi fueled public anger.
Using banned app
People allege that the rescue work was delayed due to the lockdown. At the same time, this thing has been denied by the officials. However, even after this people took to the streets against the government. Videos and photos of the protests started going viral on social media. Police is trying its best to stop these videos by censoring them, but now these videos are becoming viral not only on Chinese social media but also on Twitter and Instagram. The special thing is that these apps are banned in China.
China accused America
People and student organizations protested in different cities of China and uploaded it on social media. China has blamed America for this. Kevin Slayton, head of research at China Decent Monitor, said the videos were being circulated from a database operated by the US-based non-profit Freedom House. People are watching these videos and instigating each other.
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