The Chinese government on Monday tightened security in several cities including Beijing and Shanghai where several hundred people, part of rare demonstrations held across China, took part in protests over the weekend against strict Covid-19 restrictions and police treatment of citizens caught in lockdowns.
authorities eased some regulations, apparently to try to quell that public anger. But the government showed no sign of backing down on its larger coronavirus strategy, and analysts expect authorities to quickly silence the dissent.
Students in Hong Kong chanted “oppose dictatorship” in a protest of China’s COVID-19 rules Monday after demonstrators on the mainland issued an unprecedented call for President Xi Jinping to resign in the biggest show of opposition to the ruling Communist Party in decades.
Protests were sparked by the deaths of at least 10 people in an apartment fire in Urumqi.
Reports suggest COVID restrictions may have hampered rescue efforts.

Al Jazeera’s Patrick Fok reports from Hong Kong.

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