China zero hour The anger is overflowing, the pressure from years of incarceration is reflected in the streets, the need to restore normality finally brings violence.
For another 24 hours, the streets of China's major cities have become a battlefield, with people desperate, tired of the lockdown regime[/B] calling for freedom and the fall of Xi Jinping.
The severity of measures in China, where infections have risen to record levels but deaths are few, has gotten out of hand. Authorities have gone as far as sealing off doors of complexes to keep people out.
Residents "choked"[/B] by the deprivation of their freedom are even jumping out of windows and some have met tragic ends.
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Information, however, is confusing given the Chinese regime's choice of concealment.
The wave of protests intensified when a fire broke out a few days ago at a housing complex in the city of Urumqi, killing ten people. From the very first moment, outrage gripped the residents who shouted accusing the authorities that had it not been for such strict measures, people would have been able to get out of the apartments and save themselves.
Indicative of the unprecedented social explosion in China are the headlines in the international media reporting an unprecedented social outcry in the communist country, while not failing to focus on the serious wave of protests against the president.
The wave of protests has moved both to the financial capital Shanghai, where hundreds of marches have been organized, and to Beijing with students joining the uprisings.
In recent hours, the "fire" of the protests has moved to the city where the health crisis began, Uhan.
Angry residents are raging against the authorities, no longer refusing to follow the measures and breaking the barricades to show their opposition to the zero case policy.
Residents who have decided to revolt in Wuhan number in the hundreds.
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Of symbolic importance is the intensity of the protests in Shanghai where on Saturday night crowds chanted "Xi quit", "Communist Party go away".
Other residents held white banners, wanting to show their opposition to censorship, while many walked around with candles and flowers in memory of the victims of the deadly Urumqi fire.
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These kinds of protests are unprecedented by Chinese standards, considering that in a country where violent repression is practiced, people are reluctant to riot.
As international analysts write, the Chinese government seems to be underestimating the impact of the zero casualty policy on the world, as it does not take into account the consequences of the fatigue from the measures.
The protests, it is observed, are taking place in key cities. In the financial capital, the place where the spread of covid-19 started, while demonstrations are also taking place inside universities
Source: Proto Thema
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