China - Media: Students protest against China university lockdowns citing lack of virus cases, lack of consistency - September 24, 2020

[sharon sanders]

Coronavirus: students protest against China university lockdowns citing lack of virus cases, lack of consistency

• The academic year starts in China with school restrictions, rigid management and student protests igniting social media
• Strict exit controls coincide with campus food prices rising as well as limits on internet and shower time

Chinese students have taken their anger to social media to protest against what they called a rigid, one-size-fits-all restriction imposed by university management as classes resumed on campus over the past month.

Since schools reopened in late August some 37 million university students have been placed under blanket campus lockdowns because of the
coronavirus pandemic
.

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/soc...ts-protest-against-china-university-lockdowns