Heavy police presence on streets of protest cities after an unprecedented outpouring of anger over harsh curbs.

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Veterans of Hong Kong’s 2019 protests see echoes in mainland’s anti-Covid anger, but fear a similar outcome Jack*, a Hongkonger, used to have a grim view of mainland Chinese people, but the protests over anti-Covid restrictions that exploded across China last weekend changed his view. “Before, I thought they were mostly the arrogant and nationalistic people who just cared only about safeguarding...

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Chinese authorities are fighting back against widespread protests by flooding the streets with police in a strong show of force for a regime facing its most significant dissent in decades. "I’ve wanted to speak up for a long time, but I did not get the chance to," James Cai, a 29-year-old from Shanghai who attended a Hong Kong protest, told the Associated Press Tuesday. "If people in the mainland...

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Crowds angered by the ruling Community Party's severe “zero COVID” restrictions called for President Xi Jinping to resign in the biggest show of public dissent in decades.

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BEIJING — Chinese universities are sending students home as the ruling Communist Party tightens anti-virus controls and tries to prevent more protests after crowds angered by its severe “zero COVID” restrictions called for President Xi Jinping to resign in the biggest show of public dissent in decades. Read More: Protests Against Zero-COVID Are Rocking China. Here’s What You Need to Know With...

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