Videos shared online show mass protests across China, including in Shanghai and Beijing.
Thousands of protestors have taken to the streets in Shanghai, China's largest city, and the capital Beijing amid the government's intensely restrictive zero-COVID policy.
Demonstrators also gathered in Ürümqi, the capital of Xinjiang province, after a deadly fire on November 24 where at least 10 people died. Residents inside the apartment building were reportedly slowed from leaving the building due to China's strict enforcement of the zero-COVID policy. In videos shared on social media protesters were seen chanting slogans including"Xi Jinping, step down" and"Communist Party, step down."
This frame grab from eyewitness video footage made available via AFPTV on November 27, 2022 shows demonstrators shouting slogans as police hold their positions, in Shanghai. Demonstrators called on Xi Jinping to step down., residents in Shanghai gathered at Wulumuqi Road, named after Xinjiang's capital, on Saturday for a candlelight vigil that then turned into a protest early on Sunday.
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