{"id":28815,"date":"2022-11-29T07:54:44","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T07:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=28815"},"modified":"2022-11-29T07:54:48","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T07:54:48","slug":"at-the-heart-of-chinas-protests-against-zero-covid-young-people-cry-for-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=28815","title":{"rendered":"At the heart of China\u2019s protests against zero-Covid, young people cry for freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>CNN News:   \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the first time in decades, thousands of people have <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2022\/11\/28\/china\/china-lockdown-protests-covid-explainer-intl-hnk\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">defied Chinese authorities<\/a> to protest at universities and on the streets of major cities, demanding to be freed not only from <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2022\/11\/02\/china\/china-covid-foxconn-tibet-disney-intl-hnk\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">incessant Covid tests and lockdowns<\/a>, but strict censorship and the Communist Party\u2019s tightening grip over all aspects of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Across the country, \u201cwant freedom\u201d has become a rallying cry for <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2022\/11\/28\/china\/china-lockdown-protests-covid-explainer-intl-hnk\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a groundswell of protests<\/a> mainly led by the younger generation, some too young to have taken part in previous acts of open dissent against the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGive me liberty or give me death!\u201d crowds by the hundreds shouted in several cities, according to videos circulating online,as vigils to mark the deaths of at least 10 people in <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/videos\/world\/2022\/11\/25\/china-xinjiang-building-fire-covid-anger-wang-contd-nr-vpx.cnn\/video\/playlists\/around-the-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a fire in Xinjiang<\/a> spiraled into political rallies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Videos circulating online seem to suggest China\u2019s strict zero-Covid policy initially prevented emergency workers from accessing the scene, angering residents across the country who have endured three years of varying Covid controls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some protesters chanted for free speech, democracy, the rule of law, human rights, and other political demands across cities from the eastern financial hub of Shanghai to the capital Beijing, the southern metropolis of Guangzhou and Chengdu in the west.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CNN has so far verified 20 demonstrations that took place across 15 Chinese cities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN News: \u00a0 For the first time in decades, thousands of people have defied Chinese authorities to protest at universities and on the streets of major cities, demanding to be freed not only from incessant Covid tests and lockdowns, but strict censorship and the Communist Party\u2019s tightening grip over all aspects of life. 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