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China’s Draconian Lockdowns Are Fueling Rising Discontent

China’s Draconian Lockdowns Are Fueling Rising Discontent
Health workers wear protective suits as they stand outside a seniors care home in a traditional courtyard house where they were performing nucleic acid test to detect COVID-19 on local residents in Beijing, China, on March 25, 2022. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
Eva Fu
Eva Fu
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3/30/2022|Updated: 3/30/2022
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After two years of living under some of the world’s most restrictive COVID-19 policies, a growing number of Chinese residents appear to have finally had enough.

Rumblings of frustration can now be heard from inside residents’ buildings, on the streets, in hospitals, and on school campuses, a rare show of defiance in a country known for its regime’s swift and heavy retaliation against even the faintest murmurs of dissent.

Eva Fu
Eva Fu
Reporter
Eva Fu is an award-winning, New York-based journalist for The Epoch Times focusing on U.S. politics, U.S.-China relations, religious freedom, and human rights. Contact Eva at [email protected]
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