Older people in China protest lower health benefits

They gathered for the second time Wednesday in Huhan, where COVID-19 was first discovered and also in the northeastern town of Dalian, reports the BBC, broadcast Klakosova.tv.

The second round of protests in seven days puts pressure on President Xi Jinping's administration just weeks ahead of the annual National People's Congress, which will bring a new governing team.

Protests were initially held in Wuhan on February 8th, as provincial authorities said they were lowering the level of medical spending pensioners may demand from the government.

Social media images show protesters are mainly elderly pensioners who say it comes at a time of increasing health care costs.

Although such health insurance issues are addressed at the provincial level, protests have spread to various parts of the country in what appears to be a renewed belief in the power of demonstration in China.

Late last year, thousands of young Chinese took part in protests that eventually forced the government to overturn its strict measures of zero. - CO VID, people were tired of mass testing and sudden, inclusive jams that had destroyed the economy, broadcast Clankosova.tv.