EXPLAINER: What's Behind the Protests in China?

PUBLIC demonstrations; COVID-19 pandemic; SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant; CARBON monoxide poisoning

The article focuses on the public protests of Chinese citizens against the China's "zero COVID" strategy. It is discussed that although the intentions of the government was to prevent transmission of the virus but the strategy is casing serious mental strife among residents as they are being isolated for months, a strategy which is being recognized as the harshest in the world by other countries.