Fresh Detentions In China As Covid Protests Spreads
Chinese police in Shanghai China, detained at least two people on Monday at a site that has seen Covid protests two nights in a row.
A long line of blue barriers has also been placed along the road where demonstrators had gathered.
The protests against strict COVID measures have spread to some of China’s biggest cities.
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Over the weekend people gathered in the capital Beijing and Shanghai, where some called for President Xi Jinping to resign.
People are angry at Xi’s zero-covid approach, which involves mass testing, quarantines and snap lock downs.
It follows a protest in the north-western city of Urumqi, where 10 people died in a tower block fire.
