Philippine Daily Inquirer

COVID frustratio­ns spark unrest in China

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BEIJING—Crowds of people in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou crashed through COVID barriers and marched down streets in chaotic scenes on Monday night, according to videos posted online, in a show of public resentment over coronaviru­s curbs. Among the latest outbreaks in China, Guangzhou’s is the largest, with new daily infections of COVID-19 topping 5,000 for the first time and fueling speculatio­n that localized lockdowns could widen.

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