Anonymous 11/29/2022 (Tue) 12:19 Id: 4d2c20 No.112861 del
Tanks roll onto China’s streets in chilling echo of Tiananmen massacre as Xi cracks down on ‘White Paper’ protests

TANKS have rolled onto the streets of China as Xi Jinping orders a clampdown on the 'White Paper' anti-lockdown protests.

Their appearance is a chilling echo of the Tiananmen Square massacre when troops were used to brutally suppress demonstrations – prompting one man’s iconic protest by standing in front of a tank.

Footage of the tanks has been widely shared after several days of historic protests in China, in which demonstrators waved blank sheets of white paper in symbolic protest against censorship.

Hundreds have taken to the streets in eight cities - including Beijing and Shanghai - after the deaths of 10 people in an apartment fire was blamed on Xi Jinping's draconian zero-Covid lockdown.

China’s vast security apparatus now has swung into action to flood the streets with police and identify those who have been taking part in the demonstrations.

A column of tanks was spotted in the eastern city of Xuzhou, leading to fears they could be heading to put down the protests.

Popular US-based opposition blogger Fang Shimin, who shared the video, asked “are they going to Shanghai?”.

The city has seen large protest following a deadly blaze at an apartment block.

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