COVID: Surge in arrests in China for rule-breaking


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Covid-19 By Adesola Mojo On Apr 15, 2022 0 Share (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); BEIJING — Sun Jian, a 37-year-old master’s degree student in the Chinese city of Yantai, for months staged a solo campaign against his university’s COVID-19 prevention measures, including blistering criticism on social media. The last straw for authorities came on March 27, when Sun walked around his campus carrying a placard that read “lift the lockdown on Ludong.” Police detained him and on April 1 Ludong University expelled him, according to a letter from the university seen by Reuters. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); University...