Police in China have been detaining people as protests against the country’s strict Covid measures spread to some of its biggest cities.
The demonstrations are an unprecedented challenge to President Xi Jinping, with some calling on him to resign.
Police in Shanghai detained several people today at a site that has seen protests two nights in a row.
A long line of blue barriers has also been placed along the road where demonstrators had gathered.
The BBC says it’s extremely concerned about the treatment of one of its journalists, who was attacked by police while covering the protests in the city.
Over the weekend, large crowds took to the streets in the capital Beijing as well as Shanghai and other cities as frustrations mount.
People are angry at Xi’s zero-Covid approach, which involves mass testing, quarantines and snap lockdowns.
Protesters say lockdown rules hampered rescue efforts at a fire in the western city of Urumqi’s that killed 10 people – Chinese authorities deny this.
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