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In China, the impact of a fire in an apartment building in Urumqi, which killed more than 20 people, is growing.

It is said that the number of victims has increased due to unreasonable corona quarantine measures, and it is spreading as a protest against the authorities' high-intensity quarantine policy, and even slogans demanding the resignation of President Xi Jinping and the Communist Party came out.



Correspondent Jeong Young-tae reports from Beijing.



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People gather on a street named Urumqi in Shanghai, China, to commemorate the victims of the apartment fire in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, where 10 people died on the 24th.



Among the crowd, dissatisfaction with the high-intensity quarantine policy was also expressed.



[Protesters in Shanghai, China: Freedom or death, freedom or death.

I want freedom, not corona inspection.]



Foreigners stand out, but most of them seem to be Chinese as they all sing Chinese slogans and even sing the national anthem in chorus.



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[Shanghai Protesters, China: The last shout will erupt for each oppressed person, stand up!

Wake up!]



The size of the crowd was known to be in the hundreds, and even a very unusual slogan for the resignation of the regime came out.



[Protesters in Shanghai, China: Step down from the Communist Party, step down from the Communist Party.

Xi Jinping step down, Xi Jinping step down.]



Foreign media reported that during the forced dispersal, the police used tear gas and arrested some participants.



[China Shanghai protesters: Police work for the people, work for the



people] Hundreds of citizens gathered in the center of Shanghai to demand the release of those arrested by the police.



Student rallies also continue at universities in Beijing and Nanjing, but there are no reports in Chinese media and related videos are being deleted.



[China Nanjing Student Rally: Long Live the People, Long Live the People.

Rest to the victims, rest to the victims.]



In Wangjing, Beijing, where there are many Korean residents, some apartment residents protested against the corona blockade.