TAIPEI (TVBS News) — Protesters gathered in Hong Kong on Monday (Nov. 28) holding white papers in a protest against the Chinese government’s strict zero-COVID policy.
The protest, held in Hong Kong’s central business district, echoed the many manifestations that unfolded all over China in recent days.
The rising dissent came to head when a fire broke out at an apartment block in Xinjiang, killing ten people.
According to various videos on social media, the firefighters were unable to reach the victims in time because of the lockdown.
As the protests spread from Beijing to Shanghai, and now to Hong Kong, activists held blank A4 papers to symbolize that they can’t say anything against the government.
The rare, widespread protests in China have seen police recording and documenting the protests, while the government issued a statement on Monday that the videos linking COVID policies to the Xinjiang fire had “ulterior motives.”
Protesters remarked that the government shouldn’t use zero-COVID policies to justify restricting citizens’ movements and their freedom while also hoping for the day their lives can resume normal post-pandemic.
