On Saturday, videos circulating on social media showed crowds gathering on a street in central Shanghai calling for a lifting of lockdowns. The videos were verified by Storyful, a social-media research company owned by News Corp, parent company of The Wall Street Journal.
WATCH: Large protest at Beijing’s Tsinghua University in China over Covid lockdowns pic.twitter.com/BjoEcFKN2I
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‘We want freedom!’ pic.twitter.com/yoTeYaFJAx
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"Demonstrators held blank white banners and lit candles to honor the victims in the Urumqi fire," according to Zero Hedge. So far, the Chinese government is tolerating the demonstrations for the most part, most likely because they have grown so large. One protestor in Shanghai, for instance, told the BBC that he was "shocked and a bit excited" to see so many people taking part in the protests on the streets, adding it was the first such large-scale demonstration of dissent. Meanwhile, a woman told the British outlet that police have said they feel "the same as you" about the demonstrations, but "they wear their uniforms, so they're doing their job." One Western China expert, David Moser, noted on Twitter: "I've lived in China for 30 years, and I've never seen such a brazenly open and sustained expression of rage against the PRC govt. WeChat is exploding with protest videos and furious vitriol, and civil disobedience is becoming rampant. This is a serious test of CCP governance."Chilling. The national anthem. Especially that phrase ‘qi lai!’ (‘stand up!’). Never seen anything like this. Well, except in #HongKong… pic.twitter.com/OGYZwNgnKi
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William Yang, an East Asia correspondent for German media outlet DW, added: "More from protesters who participated in #Shanghai's protest: 'The main demand was to put an end to the zero-Covid measures. Some people expressed their dissatisfaction with the Communist Party, while others mourned the death of those in the fire in Urumqi.'"I've lived in China for 30 years, and I've never seen such a brazenly open and sustained expression of rage against the PRC govt. WeChat is exploding with protest videos and furious vitriol, and civil disobedience is becoming rampant. This is a serious test of CCP governance.
— David Moser (@david__moser) November 26, 2022
Sources include: ZeroHedge.com WSJ.comMore from protesters who participated in #Shanghai's protest: "The main demand was to put an end to the zero-Covid measures. Some people expressed their dissatisfaction with the Communist Party, while others mourned the death of those in the fire in Urumqi."
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