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China has been accused of sending false Covid infection alerts to protesters in order to ban them from demonstrations, raising fears that Beijing is using strict quarantine rules to control its population. After four banks in the central province of Henan blocked access to at least £147 million of deposits in April, thousands of clients started travelling to the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to attempt to withdraw their money and in some cases hold protests. But in recent days, travellers found their health code apps, which China uses to track Covid infections and restrict people’s movements, turned red as soon...
