Chinese protesters are risking it all to challenge the 'Zero COVID' strategy. 'There's a direct correlation' to the U.S., says an American arrested 33 times.
As protesters in China risk incarceration and possibly worse to demonstrate against the Communist Party's"Zero COVID" policy, some in the United States are wondering how the lockdowns, compulsory masking, suppression of critical opinions, surveillance, forced vaccinations and closures of businesses differ from America's recent experience — minus the extraordinarily harsh punishments the Chinese demonstrators may face..
Pastor Spell was arrested for the first time on March 13, 2020, when COVID was tearing through the United States, for refusing to close his Life Tabernacle Church in Baton Rouge. He was ordered to wear an ankle bracelet and confined to his house, while authorities installed nine cameras, some at his church, some at his home — including one at his bedroom window to monitor the whereabouts of him and his parishioners.
Small pockets of Chinese protesters, some waving blank pieces of paper so as to protect themselves from repercussions should they be accused of disparaging the Chinese Communist Party and its leader The two countries are now at very different points in the pandemic with Chinese COVID infections hitting records and those in the U.S. way down.Supreme Court
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