Commentary
China felt a bit relieved after Hong Kong’s “colour revolution” was subdued by the implementation of the national security law. However, last week after a fire in Urumqi, Xinjiang killed 10 in a residential building under lockdown, people in a dozen of Chinese cities went to the street to mourn the victims, and the mourning soon turned into protests, with slogans such as “Communist Party, step down!” and “Xi Jinping, step down!” being chanted in Shanghai.
