"Xi Jinping, resign", "Communist Party, resign": these are the slogans shouted by protesters during the protests against the anti-Covid restrictions in Shanghai, according to reports from the BBC.
Some held empty white banners, while others lit candles and laid flowers for victims in Urumqi where authorities have been blamed for the deaths of 10 people in a fire due to relief delays caused by anti-covid rules.
Demonstrations are an unusual sight in China, where criticism of the government and president can lead to very severe sanctions.
Hundreds of students from Beijing's Tsinghua University took part in a protest today against the anti-Covid restrictions imposed by the government, as a witness told the AFP news agency and as shown by some videos circulated on social media.
Protests also took place in Shanghai where protesters held up blank sheets of paper - a gesture that has become a symbol of protest against censorship in China - and white flowers, standing silently at several intersections, before police arrived and dispersed them.