Later on, they shouted, “lift lockdown for Urumqi, lift lockdown for Xinjiang, lift lockdown for all of China!”, according to a video circulated on social media.
[1/3] Workers in protective suits keep watch behind a barrier at a sealed restaurant area, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China, November 26, 2022.
Some posted screenshots of street signs for Wulumuqi Road, both to evade censors and show support for protesters in Shanghai.
Shanghai's 25 million people were put under lockdown for two months earlier this year, an ordeal that provoked anger and protest.
A video shared with Reuters showed Beijing residents in an unidentifiable part of the capital marching around an open-air carpark on Saturday, shouting "End the lockdown!"