Beijing facing unprecedented disobedience as people take to the streets in protest against China\u0027s draconian zero\u002DCOVID policies
Hundreds took to the streets of major cities as anger at the government’s “zero-COVID” policies boiled over into demands for regime change.Sign up to receive the daily top stories from the National Post, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc.
“I was very glad to see some people finally stood up,” Zhang, one of the protesters who did not give his full name for fear of arrest, said. “I lost hope for this land a few years ago so I had given up the idea of fighting.” The country-wide protests yesterday are the culmination of a week of unrest that included massive demonstrations in the suppressed region of Xinjiang, riots at an iPhone factory in central China, and student marches on the campuses of some of China’s most prestigious universities. Students at Beijing’s elite Tsinghua University, the alma mater of Mr Xi, yesterday sang the national anthem in a peaceful protest.
Beijing is unlikely to relent on zero-COVID, according to William Hurst, Chong Hua professor of Chinese development at Cambridge University. Xi may wait to see if the movement fizzles out on its own, he wrote on Twitter. Traders, meanwhile, were braced for a fresh fall in the Chinese stock market last night amid fears that the protests would deepen its economic turmoil.
The country — which is also fighting to contain a property crash — has repeatedly flip-flopped on plans to open up.
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