About 1,000 people marched in central Beijing through the early hours of Monday, protesting China's strict "zero-COVID" policy, with some openly seeking an end to the "dictatorship" of President Xi Jinping -- a rare show of public anger in the tightly controlled country.It was the first major demonstration in the capital since Xi came to power in 2012. Similar protests erupted in Shanghai and about a dozen other Chinese cities over the weekend, according to witnesses and videos on social media, reflecting rising public anger over prolonged heavy coronavirus restrictions and lockdowns amid a…READ FULL ARTICLE
