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Shanghai residents have apparently been fighting with police after officials tried to seize their homes to make space for new Covid quarantine centres . Videos posted on social media showed people shouting at police officers holding shields and arrests being made. Screaming and crying can be heard in the background. In one clip, residents are seen kneeling in front of hazmat suit-clad officials and pleading to not have their apartments transformed into quarantine centres. Forced evictions are not unusual in China and have been frequently in the past in urban development projects. “They want to put 1,800 positive patients into...
