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By Iris Zhao with wires

Locked-down Chengdu residents furious after being trapped in buildings and compounds during China earthquake

Locked-down residents of the Chinese city of Chengdu have reacted angrily after security guards refused to allow them to leave their buildings or compounds during an earthquake.

Authorities in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province in China's south-west, have maintained strict COVID-19 lockdown measures on the city's 21 million population despite the major earthquake on Monday that killed at least 65 people in outlying areas.

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