In solidarity: A person holding a candle, as people gather for a vigil and hold white sheets of paper in protest of Covid-19 restrictions, during a commemoration of the victims of a fire in Urumqi, in Beijing. — Reuters
A year after historic protests broke out on Shanghai’s bustling Wulumuqi Road, only a subtly increased police presence on main junctions betrays anything out of the ordinary.
But for many involved in what became China’s most widespread demonstrations in decades, it’s impossible to erase the memory of the events of last autumn.
