State media, a mouthpiece for the ruling Chinese Communist Party – has made no mention of the protests.
However, the English-language edition of the Global Times has published an article taking aim at Western media for allegedly fanning discontent around China’s zero-Covid policy.
Quoting an academic at Fudan University, it writes: “Due to ideological differences, it has become almost an instinct of Western countries and media to criticize communist governments with an aim to subvert the latter with color revolutions”.
But in what some may interpret as an indirect response to the protests, it also writes that the country’s Covid measures “are never static” and “are under constant adjustment”.
Xinhua news agency also emphasizes the need to prioritise the welfare of the people when implementing Covid policies, while the China Daily says local administrations are being urged to “rectify Covid control malpractices”.
Source: BBC.com