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Urumqi fire triggers protest vs China’s COVID restrictions

Students light candles in the campus of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, in solidarity with protests held at the mainland over Beijing's COVID-19 restrictions, in Hong Kong on Monday. 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. 

• Global governments urge China to respect COVID protests