BEIJING — Chinese authorities have begun inquiries into some of the people who gathered at weekend protests against COVID-19 curbs, three people who were at the Beijing demonstrations told Reuters, as police remained out in numbers on the city’s streets. Simmering discontent with COVID prevention policies three years into the pandemic ignited into broader protests in cities thousands of miles apart over the weekend. “The large number of police, it’s really scary,” said Beijing resident Philip Qin, 22, who witnessed the protests on Sunday. Officials say the zero-COVID policy has kept the death toll in the world’s most populous country in the thousands, avoiding the millions of deaths elsewhere. RELATED STORIESA timeline of COVID-related protests in ChinaChina protests highlight Xi Jinping’s COVID-19 policy dilemma–to walk it back or notFor more news about the novel coronavirus click here.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 29, 2022 16:47 UTC