China publicly shames COVID-19 rule-breakers in parades


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Chinese authorities have shamed four alleged COVID-19 rule-breakers by parading them through the street in the south of the country. A video of the shaming shows armed riot police marching the four rule-breakers in hazmat suits, with placards displaying their names, reports by Chinese state media said on Wednesday. While public shaming was banned in China in 2010 after decades of campaigning by human rights activists, the practice has re-surfaced following local governments struggling to enforce a national zero- COVID policy. The four masked rule-breakers, who were accused of people smuggling, were paraded in front of a large crowd in...