'They took my phone and asked for my passwords.' Detained zero-COVID protesters in China share their stories
'They Took My Phone and Asked for My Passwords.' Detained Zero-COVID Protesters in China Share Their Stories
“The officers took my phone and asked for my passwords. They said it’s the normal procedure for everyone who gets arrested. But that’s ridiculous,” says Chun, who says he refused. He was arrested for “picking a fight during the vigil,” an accusation he says is false and one that is commonly leveled by the government. Prior to the protests, Chun adds, he posted critical messages about the Chinese Community Party on his WeChat page and refused the regular COVID-19 tests at his workplace.
Weeks after the initial protests in Shanghai and other cities, information is continuing to spread and leading to further demonstrations, due in part to the use of encrypted apps and virtual private networks . Xing, a university student in a small city in the southwest of the country, shares information to TIME via a messaging app. Ten days after the protests erupted in Shanghai, 300 students at his university gathered on campus to demonstrate.
While residents in Shanghai appear too afraid—at least for now—to take to the streets again, there is a sense that the recent protests have created a
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