World Protests China's 'Zero-Covid' Policy

People gather to protest the Chinese governments continued zero-Covid policies at the University of California Berkeley campus in Berkeley, California, on November 28, 2022. People have taken to the streets in major cities and gathered at university campuses across China in a wave of nationwide protests not seen since pro-democracy rallies in 1989 were crushed. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP)

A worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) and security official stand by the entrance to a residential area under lockdown due to Covid-19 coronavirus restrictions in Beijing on November 29, 2022. (Photo by Noel CELIS / AFP)

group of protesters hold a peaceful gathering down the street from the Chinese embassy in Tokyo on November 28, 2022, in support of demonstrations held in China over Beijing's Covid-19 restrictions. Hundreds of people have taken to the streets in China's major cities in a rare outpouring of public anger against the state over its zero-Covid policy. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP)

Students light candles on the campus of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, in solidarity with protests held on the mainland over Beijing's Covid-19 restrictions, in Hong Kong on November 28, 2022. Hundreds of people have taken to the streets in China's major cities in a rare outpouring of public anger against the state over its zero-Covid policy. (Photo by Peter PARKS / AFP)

A group of protesters hold a peaceful gathering down the street from the Chinese embassy in Tokyo on November 28, 2022, in support of demonstrations held in China over Beijing's Covid-19 restrictions. Hundreds of people have taken to the streets in China's major cities in a rare outpouring of public anger against the state over its zero-Covid policy. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP)

Members of the local Chinese community hold placards at a vigil in support of the protests against Beijing's zero-Covid policy taking place across China, in Melbourne on November 28, 2022. Hundreds of people have taken to the streets in China's major cities in a rare outpouring of public anger against the state over its zero-Covid policy. (Photo by William WEST / AFP)

Protesters march along a street during a rally for the victims of a deadly fire as well as a protest against China's harsh Covid-19 restrictions in Beijing on November 28, 2022. A deadly fire on November 24, 2022 in Urumqi, the capital of northwest China's Xinjiang region, has become a fresh catalyst for public anger, with many blaming Covid lockdowns for hampering rescue efforts, as hundreds of people took to the streets in China's major cities on November 27, 2022 to protest against the country's zero-Covid policy in a rare outpouring of public anger against the state. Authorities deny the claims. (Photo by Noel CELIS / AFP)