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As China reaffirms zero-COVID, Beijing protest

Dashing expectations of many in China of an easing in the stringent “zero-COVID” regime following next week’s CP congress”.

Social media showed images of a protest in Beijing – despite the current blanket of security ahead of Sunday’s Communist Party congress – with banners displayed on a bridge in the district of Haidian, home to universities and tech firms, calling for an end to the policy.