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Coronavirus pandemic live updates: As protests escalate, China vows to crack down on ‘hostile forces’
People in China's southern manufacturing hub of Guangzhou clashed with white hazmat-suited riot police on Tuesday night, videos on social media showed, as frustration with stringent Covid-19 rules three years into the pandemic boiled over. China's capital Beijing reported 1,282 symptomatic and 3,240 asymptomatic cases on Tuesday. High numbers were also reported from Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chongqing. Stay with TOI for all updates.Read Less
China Dissent Monitor, run by U.S. government-funded Freedom House, estimated at least 27 demonstrations took place across China from Saturday to Monday.
Australia's ASPI think tank estimated 43 protests in 22 cities.
A video clip showed people throwing objects at the police, while another showed a tear gas canister landing in the middle of a small crowd on a narrow street, with people then running to escape the fumes.
Reuters verified that the videos were filmed in Guangzhou's Haizhu district, the scene of COVID-related unrest two weeks ago, but could not determine when the clips were taken or the exact sequence of events and what sparked the clashes.
Security czar Chen Wenqing used a meeting of the Communist Party’s Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission to urge law-enforcement agencies to take strong measures to safeguard national security and social stability, according to a statement.
“Illegal and criminal acts that disrupt social order” won’t be tolerated, the commission said at the meeting, which was held on Monday and not disclosed until late Tuesday.
Resentment is growing as China's COVID-hit economy sputters after decades of breakneck growth, which formed the basis of an unwritten social contract between the ruling Communist Party and a population whose freedoms have been dramatically curtailed under Xi.
219.92 crore doses of vaccines have been administered in India so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease in India has surged to 4,41,36,872, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19 per cent
A decrease of 127 cases has been recorded in the active caseload of India in a span of 24 hours, the data showed.
Active cases in India now comprise 0.01 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 98.80 per cent, according to the ministry.
The death toll in India due to the disease has climbed to 5,30,620 with five fatalities being recorded, including two deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.
Count of active cases has declined to 4,855, according to Union health ministry data updated on Wednesday
China’s top law enforcement body pledged to crack down on “hostile forces” and their “sabotage,” comments that appeared intended as a warning to protesters angry about Covid-19 policies and to provide justification for government efforts to suppress dissent.
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The clashes marked an escalation from protests in the commercial hub of Shanghai, capital Beijing and other cities over the weekend in mainland China's biggest wave of civil disobedience since President Xi Jinping took power a decade ago.
People in China's southern manufacturing hub of Guangzhou clashed with white hazmat-suited riot police on Tuesday night, videos on social media showed, as frustration with stringent COVID-19 rules three years into the pandemic boiled over.
At the moment the central urban area of Chongqing, with about 10.3 million people, is on lockdown, as is part of Guangzhou.
China sends students home, police patrol to curb protests
Chinese universities sent students home and police fanned out in Beijing and Shanghai to prevent more protests Tuesday after crowds angered by severe anti-virus restrictions.
