Mass protests have broken out across China as COVID-19 lockdowns continue to spread in the nation of 1.4 billion people.
Citizens have taken to the streets throughout China to vent their frustration over the government’s ongoing “zero-COVID” policy.
The unrest comes as COVID-19 infections surge throughout China, prompting more controls and lockdowns.
In Beijing, some apartment communities successfully convinced local management they had no legal basis for a lockdown. That came after authorities in the Chinese capital forbade residents from leaving their homes over the weekend.
Students in China are staging protests at many universities, while other people have taken to the streets in Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan and Lanzhou, among other cities.
Many demonstrators are holding up blank sheets of white paper. Some have sung the national anthem.
Nearly three years of COVID-19 controls have hurt the Chinese economy with youth unemployment now near 20% in the country.
The unrest in China has equities under pressure, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down more than 200 points, or 0.57%, in pre-market trading.
