Mother fears for Chinese Covid protester held for nine days
by Agence France-Presse in Beijing from on (#66SAA)
Yang Zijing, 25, apparently detained in Guangzhou after taking part in rallies against harsh restrictions
A young protester has been held in police detention in southern China for nine days after taking part in rallies against Covid restrictions, her mother has said, expressing fear and anguish over her daughter's safety.
China last week effectively ended its harsh zero-Covid policy, after years of economic damage and simmering public discontent that erupted in nationwide protests on a scale unseen in decades.
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