2023/02/16
Protests by Chinese Students and Tensions ahead of June Fourth by Kawashima Shin (Executive Director of Research, Nakasone Peace Institute Professor, Graduate School, The University of Tokyo)
China's "zero-COVID" policy has caused a number of problems, and finally instructions were issued in Shanghai to effectively restore the city to its original state. In May 2022, however, preparations for the lockdown were underway in various locations in Beijing and Tianjin, and protests erupted even at universities in these cities, where students live in dormitories.