China parades Covid rule-breakers in public shaming through streets

Four alleged Covid rule breakers have been paraded through the streets of China in a public shaming which has sparked widespread outrage. Armed riot police in the south of the country marched the quartet around in hazmat suits - and placards with their pictures and names - state media reported on Wednesday. China banned public shaming of criminal suspects in 2010, after decades of campaigning by human rights activists. Yet the practice has resurfaced with local governments struggling to enforce a national zero-Covid policy. The four masked suspects, accused of people smuggling, were paraded on Tuesday in front of a…