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Protests that erupted across China against stringent COVID-19 lockdown measures are the most widespread demonstrations there since days of the 1989 Tiananmen Square occupation.The catalyst for the new protests was a deadly fire at a residential apartment block in Urumqi, the capital of China’s northwestern Xinjiang region, home to ethnic Uyghurs who have been targets of Chinese government repression.At least 10 people died in the blaze, and pandemic restrictions reportedly blocked residents of the apartment block from fleeing and prevented firefighters from reaching the scene.Some demonstrators made broader statements of political discontent, with protesters in Shanghai chanting Xi Jinping! Step down! CCP! Step down!" in reference to President Xi Jinping and the ruling Chinese Communist Party.On November 28
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