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Xi Jingpeng is facing his toughest show of public defiance since becoming president of China

Opponents of China's anti-COVID measures are resorting to dating apps and social media platforms blocked on the mainland to evade censors, spread the word about their defiance and strategy, in a high-tech game of cat and mouse with police.

Students at Tsinghua University, Xi's alma mater, protested on Sunday along with other schools in Beijing and the southern province of Guangdong - it comes as the government sees its largest protests in decades

In today’s newsletter: A timeline of increasing dissent as Chinese citizens demand ‘food, not PCR tests’ and blame Xi Jinping’s government for restrictions they say have cost lives

Chinese universities are sending students home as the ruling Communist Party tightens anti-virus controls and tries to prevent more protests after crowds angered by its severe “zero COVID” restrictions called for President Xi Jinping to resign in the biggest show of public dissent in decades

While a lot of attention has been given to the unprecedented protests in China about the “dynamic zero COVID” policy, not much has been written about the wider political context, and particularly the young people leading the protests.

Protesters are trying to circumvent government censors who are believed to use an automated system to help block prohibited content.