Thousands of people protest in the streets unpublished pictureinfrequently in Chinese. Demonstrations against terrorism were held in major cities of the country on Sunday. zero policy covid imposed by the government led Xi Jinping. Here are a few keys to understand what’s going on asian giant what could it be the biggest fight for the regime pro-democracy protests of the 1989.
Fire in a building with ten people
this fire a building with ten deaths inside urumkicapital city xinjiangfor a while it was straw that broke the camel’s back popular discontent hatched for months. Part of the population thinks that the tragedy could have been avoided if there were no property. medium limited. Others fatal accidents the previous ones helped create a breeding ground that sparked protests. On September 18, 27 people who were transported to a hospital died in a bus accident. quarantine center. In late October, hundreds of workers fled en masse from the Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou. restrictive quarantine and living conditions within the facility where employees cannot leave. These are just two examples of how sluggishness becomes inflamed.
What is the covid zero policy?
ChineseThe place where the virus first appeared in late 2019 extensive deadlocks Y routine diagnostic tests whenever the first infections occur anywhere in the country. People with the virus isolated anyone sent to hospitals. Anyone who is thought to have had close contact with an infected person is also isolated. When outbreaks are considered serious enough, the Government bordered all cities.
excursions Chinese they are still standing very angryAlthough the quarantine period was halved for those coming from abroad, it was reduced to seven days, followed by three days of home isolation. use a monitoring app go to public places health codes color changing traffic lights.
Difficulties of closed citizens
efforts Chinese Controlling the virus meant a great deal of difficulty for millions of people. Those in quarantine often complain about what they have. difficulties for get food and meet other needs. When Chinese factories are affected by an epidemic, authorities “closed circuit” which means workers cannot leave the factory to avoid contamination. There have been cases of being turned away from hospitals for fear of being infected, or of residents being banned from escaping their buildings for a period of time. last earthquake in Sichuan.
suffocating the global economy
policy zero covid imposed by Chinese implying hard closings of the important cities for global economyLike Shanghai. The city, which is one of the most important ports in the world and a financial center, spent months completely paralyzed. The country has spent more than two years with brutal measures for entry and exit (three weeks quarantine required for people and one week for products). this health protocols They reduced the number of loading and unloading at their ports tenfold.
Xi Jinping questioned
Simultaneous protests against covid policy echoed in several Chinese cities harsh criticism the Chinese President Xi Jinpingand chinese communist party Who is leading a hitherto unknown stamp on the Asian giant. Many protesters raised their voices to shout. we want freedom Y open chinawhile asking resignation your leader.