The BBC says that the protests started after the authorities announced that they would cut medical benefits.
People have taken to the streets to demonstrate in China’s Wuhan and Dalian. In the videos spread on social media, it can be seen that a large part of the protesters are elderly.
BBC (switch to another service)who describes the group of protesters as retirees, says the protests started after local officials announced cuts to medical benefits.
In China, it is possible for pensioners to apply for government support for medical expenses, reports the BBC. Now the authorities in parts of China have announced that they will cut the amount of support received from the state.
At the end of last year, China lifted its strict corona restrictions, which led to a huge wave of infections, especially affecting the elderly.
There are no exact figures for China’s corona deaths, but of the New York Times (you will switch to another service) according to the epidemiologists interviewed, the number may be somewhere between a million and a million and a half. According to official Chinese statistics, a total of around 83,000 people would have died from the corona virus in China during the entire pandemic.