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Reuters
Reuters
Health
Eduardo Baptista

Growing defiance of COVID curbs in China brings wave of arrests

A resident is seen behind barriers sealing off an area under lockdown amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Shanghai, China April 14, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song

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".

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