COVID-19 protests across China resulted in officials easing restrictions, leading residents to feel empowered after years of 'draconian' laws
"We support the right of people everywhere, whether it's in China, whether it's Iran, whether it's anyplace else, to protest peacefully, to make known their views, to vent their frustrations," Blinken said.
"I heard of sources telling me that they went into the protest scenes, and they thought they were anonymous," she said."But later they were visited by the police." Regardless of the police enforcement, residents feel authorities easing restrictions is a win, Wang said.
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