The art teacher who showed the world China's protests

Chinese police officers block off access to a site where protesters had gathered in Shanghai on Nov 27, 2022. - AP

ROME (AFP): Just a few months ago, he was an ordinary Chinese art teacher who posted his personal thoughts and paintings online.

When demonstrations erupted against Beijing's hardline zero-Covid policy, the 30-year-old known on Twitter as "Teacher Li" became the go-to source for videos, some of them real-time.