According to videos and photos circulated on Weibo in the mainland, a student from Tsinghua University held up a blank sheet in front of the school’s Bauhinia Garden cafeteria and took the initiative by shouting slogans and singing the national anthem. her to support the demonstration. A teacher at the scene asked the students to loosen up, saying the scene was too out of control, but the students asked “what is the definition of out of control”. At present, the relevant videos and photos have been removed from the shelves.
Many colleges and universities in Beijing have reported that students have mourned the victims of the fire in Urumqi, Xinjiang in various ways, and anti-lockdown demonstrations have also broken out at Peking University in the same city. Pictures posted on the Internet showed that red graffiti appeared on the wall near the stairs of Peking University’s hometown canteen last night to protest the authorities’ “dynamic reset” policy. The Beijing police acted as if they were facing a formidable enemy and sent a large number of police officers to stand guard, no large-scale conflict has occurred so far.
In Shanghai, a group of citizens gathered on Urumqi Middle Road in the city last night, lighting candles to mourn the victims. A small number of people in Guangzhou also took to the streets to protest.
