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Parts of Beijing are under lockdown to control the Chinese capital’s recent outbreaks of Covid-19. The city has confirmed 1,729 cases since April 22. pic.twitter.com/9TLFo1LQVX
— South China Morning Post (@SCMPNews) May 25, 2022
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From @FT: "#China’s elite universities have sealed their campuses and encouraged students to return home after the implementation of harsh restrictions to quash Covid-19 outbreaks sparked discontent and protests." https://t.co/j56tQ9pL1a
— William Yang (@WilliamYang120) May 25, 2022
Parcels containing packaged food, alcohol or clothes bought online are first isolated and sprayed with disinfectants before students can pick them up.
— William Yang (@WilliamYang120) May 25, 2022
When a makeshift fence was installed at nearby Peking University this month, dozens of students protested. Videos shared online showed students tearing down the fences and booing university staff.
— William Yang (@WilliamYang120) May 25, 2022
“Politically this is worrisome for both municipal [officials] and potentially for central government,” he said.
— William Yang (@WilliamYang120) May 25, 2022
Some international students and staff have already left. Arthur Rubellin, a French teacher at Peking University, left the country on Saturday after being trapped on campus for more than two weeks.
— William Yang (@WilliamYang120) May 25, 2022
At the height of an outbreak in Shanghai, students at Tongji University were locked in dorm rooms and needed hall passes to go to the bathroom. Students responded by heckling university leaders online.
— William Yang (@WilliamYang120) May 25, 2022
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