People in China's southern manufacturing hub of Guangzhou clashed with white hazmat-suited riot police on Tuesday night, videos on social media showed, as frustration with stringent COVID-19 rules three years into the pandemic boiled over.
over the weekend in mainland China's biggest wave of civil disobedience since President Xi Jinping took power a decade ago.
Social media posts said the clashes took place on Tuesday night and were caused by a dispute over lockdown curbs. However, they also then published a long list of buildings that were high-risk and would remain under lockdown. "Other friends who posted similar videos had to go to the police station. Most were kept for a few hours and asked to sign a paper promising they won’t do that again. And most have now deleted their posts."In a statement that did not refer to the protests, the Communist Party's top body in charge of law enforcement agencies said late on Tuesday that China will resolutely crack down on "the infiltration and sabotage activities of hostile forces".
White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said on Tuesday that protesters in China should not be physically harmed or intimidated.
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