Social media posts say clashes took place on the evening of November 29, and were caused by a dispute over lockdown curbs.
People in China’s southern manufacturing hub of Guangzhou clashed with white hazmat-suited riot police on Tuesday night, videos on social media showed, as frustration with stringent COVID-19 rules three years into the pandemic boiled over.
Reuters verified that the videos were filmed in Guangzhou’s Haizhu district, but could not determine the exact sequence of events and what sparked the clashes. Home to many rural migrant factory workers, Guangzhou is a sprawling port city north of Hong Kong in Guangdong province, where officials announced late on Tuesday they would allow close contacts of COVID cases to quarantine at home rather than being forced to go to makeshift shelters.
But while the easing of the measures, which comes as China posts daily records in COVID cases, appears to be an attempt to appease the population at large, authorities have also begun to “One of my friends who posted a video of people calling for Xi to step down was taken away by police last night,” a Beijing resident who asked to remain anonymous told Reuters.
China’s foreign ministry has said rights and freedoms must be exercised within the framework of the law.
Philippines Latest News, Philippines Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Philippines posts 8,032 new COVID-19 cases from Nov. 21-27Cases of COVID-19 in the country grew by 8,032 more from November 21 to 26, 2022, according to the Department of Health (DOH). This represents an average of 1,147 daily cases for the said week, or 0.3 percent higher than the cases registered from Nov. 14 to 20.
Read more »
NCR posts hike in COVID positivity rateMeanwhile, medical experts disclosed that Omicron BQ.1, a new sublineage of the highly transmissible Omicron subvariant, has been detected in the country. READ:
Read more »
DOH reports 801 new COVID-19 infections; active cases dip to 18,250The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday reported 801 new COVID-19 infections, while the number of active cases went down to 18,250.
Read more »
Daily Covid-19 cases may increase to nearly 2,300 by end of December—DOHCovid-19 cases per day in the country may increase to close to 2,300 by the end of December, based on the latest projection of the Department of Health (DOH).
Read more »
‘China’s fresh Covid crisis could imperil PHL recovery’ - BusinessMirrorWITH China reporting nearly 40,000 cases a day, some local economists are concerned that this could again lead to trade disruptions and imperil Philippine economic recovery. Former University of the Philippines School of Economics (UPSE) Dean Ramon L. Clarete told the BusinessMirror on Monday that with the possible impact on the country’s growth, the government
Read more »