The Wall Street Journal and CNBC reported that police in China are checking people's phones for foreign apps. William Yang, the East Asia correspondent at the German outlet DW News, claims that it is happening in Beijing and Hangzhou as well.
People in the country are using virtual private networks to communicate and organize protests against China's zero-covid policies. Posts about the protests are heavilycensored on Chinese social media, and a flood of fake accounts with ties to the Chinese government are posting reports about the protests on social media.
The authorities in China's capital city write down the personal information of people they catch with foreign apps and give them a warning. Police would be able to report the person if they faced resistance. In the street and at mall entrances are some of the places where these stops can happen. The police in China are threatening to arrest people if they don't remove their photos from the internet.
Ten people were killed in a fire at an apartment building in China on Friday. People questioned whether China's covid restrictions hindered emergency response efforts or prevented the building's tenants from leaving after the fire broke. The fire took three hours to put out, and one resident said that the authorities were in charge when they were allowed to leave. After learning that their bonus payments would be delayed, violent demonstrations broke out at the facility.
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