Frustrated residents in the Chinese city of Guangzhou smashed temporary barriers and marched through streets in revolt earlier this week against strict COVID controls, according to online videos and reports.
The arbitrariness and unpredictability of lockdowns, restrictions of personal freedom, and lack of transparency have had other, wide-ranging effects, too.
Last month, scores of workers at a giant factory in central China that makes iPhones fled after the facility was locked down. Apple lateron Tuesday indicating that the lockdowns were hitting consumption and factory activity. China is widely expected to fall short of the government's declared GDP growth target this year of"around 5.5 percent", in part due to coronavirus controls.
As is customary with topics deemed politically sensitive, state media was silent on the Guangzhou unrest, while posts and images of the protest were blocked or erased on social media.
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