WATCH: Massive Protest Breaks out in China’s Hubei Province, Ground Zero for the Coronavirus
By Breitbart. A huge protest march swept out of China’s Hubei province on Friday, with thousands of angry residents pouring across a bridge into neighboring Jiangxi province and clashing with police. . .
The Hubei residents streaming across the bridge are clearly angry after weeks of the coronavirus lockdown, which in theory is being lifted as the Chinese government claims infections in Hubei have dropped to zero. Evidently the protesters are infuriated by how the government has treated them during the crisis – infuriated enough to flip over police cars and swarm past riot control barriers.
Footage from Hubei, #China appears to show residents attacking officers and police vehicles on a bridge as they attempt to access neighbouring Jiangxi province. The unrest follows weeks of #coronavirus lockdown in Hubei. pic.twitter.com/VpROreqzy6
— Hong Kong Free Press (@HongKongFP) March 27, 2020
Wow, mass rioting in China, where citizens trying to cross a bridge between Hubei and Jiangxi. Stiff police control due to #COVID19 fears seem to have provoked people
Source; @fiteray pic.twitter.com/dxZOHpwmmB
— Ragıp Soylu (@ragipsoylu) March 27, 2020
There are MASSIVE protests developing right now on the Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge that joins the Hubei and Jiangxi provinces in Eastern China.
The situation is rapidly evolving.
THREAD 👇 pic.twitter.com/4J2LCdssDd
— Things China Doesn't Want You To Know (@TruthAbtChina) March 27, 2020
The protests are becoming violent as more police arrive.
Word on the street is the residents are upset about their treatment by the government during the #coronavirus lockdown. pic.twitter.com/mmemVIgSMD
— Things China Doesn't Want You To Know (@TruthAbtChina) March 27, 2020
These videos have already been removed from WeChat and Weibo, presumably by the #CCP. pic.twitter.com/q1U5IdZ0sY
— Things China Doesn't Want You To Know (@TruthAbtChina) March 27, 2020
According to the “Things China Doesn’t Want You to Know” Twitter account quoted above, there are rumors the riot was kicked off by a fight between Hubei and Jiangxi police officers. The Hubei police were reportedly angered by Jiangxi police crossing into their jurisdiction. (Read more from “WATCH: Massive Protest Breaks out in China’s Hubei Province, Ground Zero for the Coronavirus” HERE)
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China Reports 54 New Cases, Says All of Them Are ‘Imported’
By CNBC. China’s National Health Commission reported 54 new cases of infection, all of which were “imported” as residents returned from abroad. Three new deaths were announced and all of them occurred in Hubei, where the coronavirus was first reported. . .
Altogether, China says it has had 81,394 confirmed cases thus far; among them, close to 75,000 patients have recovered and 3,295 died. Data from Johns Hopkins University showed both the United States and Italy have overtaken China in terms of the number of reported cases. (Read more from “China Reports 54 New Cases, Says All of Them Are ‘Imported'” HERE)
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