Shanghai hit by Covid-19 protests as anger spreads across China

Protests simmered in Shanghai early on Sunday, as residents in several Chinese cities, many of them angered by a deadly fire in the country’s far west, pushed back against heavy Covid-19 curbs nearly three years into the pandemic. A fire on Thursday that killed 10 people in a high-rise building in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang region, has sparked widespread public anger. Many Internet users surmised that residents could not escape in time because the building was partially locked down, which city officials denied. Read more: VIDEO: REUTERS SUBSCRIBE ➤ Turn on notifications 🔔 to stay updated -------------------- WEBSITE ➤ FACEBOOK ➤ TIKTOK ➤ @straitstimes INSTAGRAM ➤ TWITTER ➤ TELEGRAM ➤