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Video. Hundreds of protesters call for end to China’s zero-COVID policy

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Protesters gather in Beijing, waving blank sheets of paper and calling for an end to China’s zero-COVID-19 policy in a rare outpouring of public anger against the state.

Several hundred protesters gathered in Beijing on Sunday, calling for an end to zero-COVID-19 policy in a rare outpouring of public anger against the state.

Cars honked in support as people who remained past midnight waved blank sheets of paper, symbolising censorship.

Demonstrators held similar rallies in cities across the country, including the financial capital Shanghai.

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