'Zero-covid' protests are spreading in China but why is the country persisting with the policy?

China the only major country still pursuing zero covid, a policy that includes snap lockdowns and lengthy quarantines.

Protesters hold up blank papers and chant slogans as they march in protest in Beijing yesterday. PROTESTS HAVE BEEN taking place across China against Covid-19 lockdowns and in support of greater political freedoms.

But what was the catalyst for the protests against the zero-covid policy, and why is China the only major country still pursuing zero-covid?Last Friday, Chinese state media reported that ten people were killed and nine injured in a fire in a residential building in the northwestern Xinjiang region. Urumqi police said in a Friday post on Weibo that they had detained a woman for “spreading online rumours” relating to the number of casualties from the blaze.

During a live broadcast of Sunday’s group game between Japan and Costa Rica, state broadcaster CCTV Sports replaced close-up shots of maskless fans waving flags with images of players, officials or the football stadium.

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