By Daniel-Dylan Boehmer (Die Welt)
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Suddenly the situation seems to change. People throw bottles and then bricks at the police on a market street in Guangzhou, China. Intervention forces are moving forward. Behind Plexiglas shields, security forces wear white hooded jumpsuits, goggles and breathing masks. After long being the scene of the largest coronavirus outbreak, Guangzhou is facing a much more dangerous virus: the seed of collapse.
While people here throw bottles to protest the nearly two-month-old crackdown in their neighborhood, others in Beijing wave white paper to protest censorship. While in Shanghai, we hear the resonanceinternational, a quintessentially socialist anthem whose values of freedom are far removed from those of the ruling Communist Party in China. These voices demand the overthrow of the government. Could this be the beginning of a future democracy?
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Source: Le Figaro
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