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Chinese Protesters Tear Down Wuhan Gates as COVID Battle Comes Full Circle

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A video of the incident has already been viewed 1.8 million times since being posted on Twitter on Sunday.
A video of protesters in Wuhan demonstrating against China’s Zero-COVID policy has gone viral.
The clip shows the protesters attempting to pull down a gate separating their community as part of the restrictions put in place. Bystanders can be seen recording with their phones and watching as the gate is toppled.
Demonstrations against the government and President Xi Jinping are rare in China and have sparked international attention. Protests have been erupting across the country after an apartment fire in city of Urumqi that resulted in 10 fatalities.
Protesters have argued that China’s Zero-COVID policy and its restrictions may have slowed efforts to save victims of the fire and resulted in needless deaths.
The video, dated November 27, was posted on Sunday by the RFA_Chinese Twitter page, a new organization that focuses on Asian nations. The clip has so far been viewed 1.8 million times.
The Google translation of the video’s caption read: “Wuhan people push the wall uprising.

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