Crowds of residents in southern China's industrial metropolis Guangzhou have escaped a compulsory lockdown and clashed with police, as anger at strict coronavirus curbs boiled over.

Dramatic footage shows some overturning a police vehicle and tearing down Covid control barriers. Riot teams have now been deployed in the area.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-63633109

Let's see if this is the start of a trend. China is beginning to gradually relax the rules but not fast enough. This kind of blind foolishness is what happens when a megalomaniac takes charge of a country.