Survivor of Mao's China warns about Big Tech working with governments: 'Americans should take note'
roughed up citizens who gathered to protest against having their bank accounts frozen due to COVID-19 policies on Sunday, according to protesters.
"This large protest was only made possible when people could communicate and mobilize online, and they did not use WeChat, which is the Chinese Facebook, because every activity was under strict surveillance by the government," Xi told"Fox & Friends." Protests centered on three banks serving primarily rural communities that have frozen millions of dollars in accounts since April. Roughly 1,000 protesters gathered to call for the release of their funds outside the Zhengzhou branch of the Chinese Central Bank, but they say they were met with violence.
In this photo released by Yang on Sunday, July 10, 2022, people hold banners and chant slogans stage a protest at the entrance to a branch of China's central bank in Zhengzhou in central China's Henan Province.is expanding its COVID-19 lockdown measures as more clusters of cases were discovered in the country's eastern region.
Officials in the city of Wuxi have closed down in-person dining and many other indoor activities. Authorities are also encouraging residents to work from home and not leave the city, according to Reuters.
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