BEIJING (AP) — Protests against China’s pervasive anti-virus controls that have confined millions of people to their homes spread to Shanghai and other cities after complaints they might have worsened the death toll in an apartment fire in the northwest. Some protesters were shown in videos shouting for Xi to step down or the ruling party to give up power. A video that said it was shot in Urumqi showed protesters chanting, “Remove the Communist Party! Two Urumqi residents who declined to be named for fear of retribution said large-scale protests occurred Friday night. The AP pinpointed the locations of two of the videos of the protests in different parts of Urumqi.
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