On February 15, demonstrations took place in Wuhan, in central China, and in Dalian, a major port in the northeast of the country. This is a “white hair movement”, indicates the site Radio Free Asia (RFA) – in reference to the “white sheet movement” against confinement, last November. The official media began to publish articles favorable to a reform of the health system, explaining that the elderly are in fact the “biggest beneficiaries” of the reform to come, and that the demonstrators are the prey of “rumors”.
But obviously without success, notes the site. A first demonstration took place on February 8, but on the 15th they were more than 10,000 to demonstrate, demanding the withdrawal of the measures to reduce their health protection. Clashes with the police took place.
More than 1,000 kilometers away, in Dalian, several thousand pensioners also demonstrated for the same reasons, and arrests were made, adds RFA. movements
