Approximately 1,000 people gathered at the People's Bank of China's Zhengzhou branch on Sunday in a rare mass demonstration, only to face brutality at the hands of security forces as they tried to get their money back from the government.
According to The New York Times, the Chinese government halted withdrawals from four regional banks in China in order to investigate a fraud case.
The people who trusted the banks have been struggling without access to their savings.
A young mother with a second child told the NYT that they didn't want to have conflicts with anyone. The government sent a lot of people to help the people. We were beaten and cheated.
In recent weeks, some anguished bank-goers were intercepted by police, who may have been trying to nip the protests in the bud.
The situation is not good. China is notoriously unfriendly to civil unrest, and its ruling party may be developing terrifyingly Orwellian artificial intelligence technology to detect government loyalty. There are not many protests.
She told the New York Times that she was pulled by her hair and arms onto the bus. She was refused treatment at the hospital when she was taken there.
She said that she is pregnant and has come a long way because of the money. If I don't get the money back, I won't have a child, I won't be able to support my daughter, and I won't be able to work.
The statement outlining a vague repayment plan was quickly shredded on Weibo by wary commenters.
One Weibo user wrote that the statement gave no clue as to how the savings would be released. They don't want to give us back our money.
Security forces in China attacked protesters.
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