'We want freedom': Key quotes from China's protests
This file photo taken on December 3, 2022 shows security guards at the entrance of a compound under Covid-19 lockdown in the Jing'an district in Shanghai. Demonstrators took to the streets across the country to demand an end to crippling Covid lockdowns.
China was gripped last weekend by widespread protests not seen in decades, with demonstrators taking to the streets across the country to demand an end to crippling Covid lockdowns.
Originally triggered by the deaths of ten people in a Xinjiang fire -- deaths protesters blame on Covid lockdowns -- they have expanded to call for greater political freedoms, an end to state censorship, and even the resignation of President Xi Jinping.
