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This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 63%. (I'm a bot)


> Taipei, Nov. 28 A candlelight vigil was held Sunday night in Taipei to show support for protests that have erupted in China against the government's strict zero-tolerance COVID-19 policy after restrictions reportedly delayed rescue efforts in a deadly fire in Urumqi, Xinjiang, leading to 10 deaths.

> After the deadly fire at an apartment building in Urumqi on Nov. 24, protests spread from the ethnic minority Xinjiang region across China, including the capital Beijing, Shanghai as well as many university campuses, where protesters held white sheets of paper in protests and chanted "Step down, Xi Jinping! Step down, Communist Party."

> Holding a poster reading "Chinese people want freedom," Zhou said it was very meaningful to see many people in Taipei showing up to voice their support for those oppressed in China.


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