Protests held against "zero-COVID" policy as China sees record cases

Residents in various areas of China have protested against the nation's strict "zero-COVID" policy, according to videos shared on social media, as the country on Saturday reported a record number of infections for the third consecutive day.The videos, believed to have been taken in Urumqi, the capital of the far-western Xinjiang region, the southwestern city of Chongqing and Beijing, went viral, with many social media users expressing sympathy with the demonstrators. Some of the videos were later deleted.As the leadership of President Xi Jinping sticks with the stringent measures involving …READ FULL ARTICLE