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China protests: Protesters cry ‘lift the lockdown’ in fresh demonstrations

Chinese citizens across the country clashed with officials enforcing the country’s draconian Covid restrictions on Tuesday as they tried to break free from quarantined apartment blocks. Video from the eastern city of Jinan showed residents tussling with dozens of hazmat suit-clad health workers and pushing against a makeshift barrier made from metal shelving that had been used to block access to their building. Chants ordering authorities to “lift the lockdown” can be heard as the crowds surged against the railing, attempting to tear it apart. China's top security body called for a "crackdown" against "hostile forces" on Tuesday, as people across the country, emboldened by the weekend’s protests, mounted a fresh challenge to the government’s uncompromising zero Covid strategy. Shanghai police were caught off guard last weekend when hundreds of protesters turned up on Wulumuqi Middle Road in the heart of China's commercial capital. They were mourning the deaths of at least 10 people in an apartment fire in Urumqi, in the north west region of Xinjiang, where many residents have been stuck in their homes for more than three months. “The deaths really touched a nerve,” says Andy Xie, an independent analyst who lives in Shanghai. “During our two month lockdown, so many people complained about this very risk.” Continue reading full article: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/... Subscribe to The Telegraph with our special offer: just £1 for 3 months. Start your free trial now: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/customer/... Get the latest headlines: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ Telegraph.co.uk and    / telegraphtv   are websites of The Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.