Security is tight across China after thousands of people took to the streets demanding to be freed from three years of unrelenting Covid lockdowns and testing. Protestors have rallied at universities and on the streets of major cities chanting for free speech, democracy and human rights amid widespread frustration at President Xi Jinping's zero-Covid approach. It follows last week's violence and the arrest of a BBC cameraman who was beaten and kicked by Shanghai police for his coverage of the protest. CNN Asia correspondent Kristie Lu Stout is in Hong Kong with the latest details.
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