Shanghai Residents Clash With Police Over Nearby Quarantine Site
- Locals outraged isolation facility set up close to their homes
- Videos of officers dragging people away censored in China
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Residents of a Shanghai area that hosts research centers for major tech firms fought with police over plans to open quarantine facilities near them, underscoring burgeoning anger over the Chinese government’s handling of its worst Covid outbreak since Wuhan in early 2020.
People living at the Nashi community in the financial hub’s east on Thursday tried to stop workers in hazmat suits from erecting fencing around several buildings that have units similar to serviced apartments, according to several people who spoke to Bloomberg News on condition they not be identified out of fear they may get in trouble with authorities.