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Chinese migrating to Japan in increasing numbers to escape Xi Jinping’s rule (www.abc.net.au)

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China's emergence from that period was abrupt, marking a rare recent instance where public frustrations erupted into protests that prompted a government response. Just five months after the end of the Shanghai lockdown, a deadly residential building fire in Xinjiang ignited China's White Paper protests.

Residents took to the streets protesting with blank A4 sheets of paper, to express their dissatisfaction with the government's strict COVID measures.

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[–] OutForARip@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago

China literally welded peoples into their apartments. Let’s not act like opposition to them was the same as the opposition to normal Covid prevention measures that we all experienced.