China: As protesters yelled on the Chinese leader to resign, popular resentment of President Xi Jinping’s tough Covid measures increased in Shanghai. At a candlelight vigil organised for the victims of the Urumqi fire, protesters demanded that Xi Jinping “stand down,” according to Reuters. According to the local fire service, the fire started on Thursday, killing at least 10 people and injuring nine more.
Social media videos of protesters yelling “Communist party step down!,” “Xi Jinping step down!” and “End lockdown in Xinjiang” have gone viral. Cops were also spotted arresting a number of protesters and loading them into police cars.
People were seen demonstrating against the anti-Covid policy in the streets of Urumqi in videos that went popular on social media, according to news agency Reuters. Numerous recordings reported that the tight Covid-19 regulations complicated rescue efforts and prevented people from leaving the building in time because it was partially shut down.
In the capital of the northwest region’s Urumqi, a fire that started in a residential structure on Thursday resulted in at least 10 fatalities and nine injuries.
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Following a fatal fire on Thursday, protesters screamed “End the lockdown!” in response to their protracted Covid-19 lockdown. People claimed that the anti-Covid measures’ barriers made the fire worse and that it took emergency personnel almost three hours to put out the flames. news source
The Urumqi officials held a press conference on Saturday to deny claims that Covid precautions had complicated rescue efforts. They added that there were no barricades inside the structure and that inhabitants were free to evacuate.
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Chinese demonstrators oppose a lockdown
China has imposed some of the nation’s longest lockdowns in the vast Xinjiang region, which is home to 10 million Uighurs. Many of the four million inhabitants of Urumqi are prohibited from leaving their homes for up to 100 days.
Everyone in the nation was upset by the Urumqi fire, Beijing resident Sean Li told the sources.
In the films that have been making the rounds online, people can be heard chanting the Chinese national song, “Rise up, those who refuse to be slaves,” while others yell for their release from lockdowns.
The fact that city officials appeared to place the blame for the murders on the occupants of the apartment block added fuel to the fire of public outrage. According to Li Wensheng, commander of Urumqi’s fire service, “some citizens’ ability to save themselves was too weak.”
Social media posts, however, painted a different picture. According to reports, Covid-19 regulations had many individuals trapped inside their homes.
In a Friday Weibo post, Urumqi police said they had apprehended a lady for “spreading online rumours” about the number of victims of the fire.
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Covid lockdown in China and increasing numbers
The “zero-Covid” method is used in China, which is in complete lockdown, and it has sparked a great deal of public ire. A zero-covid policy calls for immediate lockdowns, widespread testing, protracted quarantines, and border controls to eradicate the virus wherever it appears.
China’s infection rates are still high at this point, which has led to numerous lockdowns and other restrictions on travel and commerce. China reported 34,909 daily local cases on Friday, an increase from the more than 31,000 instances reported on Thursday.
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