Chinese Authorities Promise Repayments After Violently Crushing Bank Deposit Protestors

People hold banners and chant slogans during a protest at the entrance to a branch of China's central bank in Zhengzhou in central China's Henan Province, on July 10, 2022. Yang/AP Photo

After more than three months of frozen accounts, rural bank depositors in Henan Province, China, held a large protest that was crushed with physical violence. The public was outraged with the police brutality and forced the officials to promise to repay qualified customers.

On July 11, Henan provincial authorities promised they would repay some customers starting on July 15.