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Chaotic scenes in southern Chinese city as Covid curbs fuel unrest

Protesters knock down barriers and overturn a police car in Guangzhou amid zero-Covid policy

Crowds in the southern Chinese metropolis of Guangzhou have crashed through lockdown barriers and marched on to streets in a rare outburst of public anger about Covid restrictions days after the Chinese government announced that it was easing them.

According to videos widely shared on Twitter, hundreds cheered as they charged through the streets in Haizhu district in chaotic scenes in southwestern Guangzhou on Monday night. In one piece of footage, protesters overturned a police car.

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