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There's actually a lot more going on here than the media is reporting. The protests erupted after people who were sealed in their apartments died from a fire. This article says 10 people died. I heard it was a lot more (75) with a couple hundred injured. Part of the problem was that the fireman could't get to the fire right away. As part of the lockdown, the apartment was also barricaded. Then, cars that had sat for months were around the apartment and couldn't be started or moved easily.
These protests are no small thing. People in China do not protest. They know it is a death sentence after Tiananmen Square.
I listened to an interview by a former Chinese citizen who covers the CCP over the weekend. Sorry, I can't find the link now.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/11/27/china-covid-lockdown-protest-xinjiang/