Irish Examiner View: Covid lockdown protests in China could turn into chaos
Chinese police officers block off access to a site where protesters had gathered in Shanghai last Sunday. Picture: AP
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SUBSCRIBEThere is a sense of deja vu about the growing protests across China against their government’s ‘zero-Covid’ policy as citizens in multiple cities vent their frustration and anger at the restrictions being imposed on their lives.
The fear is that this will not end well for the demonstrators.
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