China anti-lockdown protests paused as police flood city streets

Hiding their faces to avoid official retaliation, the students chanted “No PCR tests but freedom!” and “Oppose dictatorship, don’t be slaves”

With police out in force, there was no word of additional protests against strict government anti-pandemic measures on Tuesday in Beijing, as temperatures fell well below freezing (Zen Soo/AP)

There was no word of additional protests against strict government anti-pandemic measures on Tuesday in Beijing, with police out in force and  temperatures well below freezing.

Shanghai, Nanjing and other cities where online calls to gather had been issued were also reportedly quiet.