Alongside the people gathering in the streets, a major element of protest in China inevitably takes place on social media – which is heavily censored.
But the “Great Firewall” – as the vast regime of automated and human censors is called by some – is by no means flawless, and protest posts do make it through and circulate before being restricted.
BBC News has seen examples of some images with lists of demands being sent around social media. Some of the demands include calls to:
- Abolish pandemic monitoring measures such as mandatory mass testing and digital health codes for work and travel
- Reverse the policy of closing schools, restaurants, shops or other businesses in the name of preventing Covid spreading
- Correctly publicize the danger of the virus “without exaggeration or alarmist talk”
- Apologise for “unreasonable” and “unscientific” epidemic prevention strategies
- Investigate and prosecute local government officials, testing companies and others involved in Covid restrictions over allegations of corruption, negligence and abuse of power
Source: BBC.com