[Epoch Times, May 27, 2022](Reported by Epoch Times reporter Li Jing) Following the protests in two universities in Beijing, on the evening of Thursday (26th),Tianjin Universityof students held due to dissatisfaction with the authorities’ extreme epidemic prevention policiesassemblyDemonstrationactivities, and chanted the slogan: “Down with bureaucracy!”Nankai UniversityThere were also protests.
Tianjin Epidemic Prevention and Control Upgrade and Peace Zone “closed”
As the epidemic in Beijing heats up, the neighboring city of Tianjin suddenly upgraded its control on May 25. The authorities announced that the Heping District in the center of Tianjin was “closed”, implementing “global static management” for three days, and restricting the number of people and people in the area. Vehicle movement.
On the same day, Nankai District, which is adjacent to Heping District, released a message to refute rumors that “Nankai District will close the area” on the Internet.
Just after the official refutation of the rumors, the Nankai District Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters issued a notice on May 26, “A new round of nucleic acid testing for all employees will be carried out throughout the region, so that no one is missed.”
The authorities demanded that offline business activities of all business premises be stopped from 18:00 on May 26, and all employees should participate in nucleic acid testing; during the period, non-essential non-mobility was implemented in the entire district, that is, citizens were not allowed to leave the community and streets, and all residents remained relatively still.
In addition, the authorities also warned that for residents who did not participate in this round of nucleic acid testing within the specified time, the “health code” would be adjusted to an “orange code”.
On the night after the Nankai District authorities issued a notice on the 26th, students from Tianjin University in the area protested and demonstrated because they were dissatisfied with the authorities’ extreme epidemic prevention policies.
According to a video posted by local students, at least hundreds of students gathered in Beiyang Square in Tianjin University, and some boys chanted the slogan: “Down with formalism, down with bureaucracy!” The surrounding students responded in unison.
A suspected teacher of the school suggested that the colleges elect student representatives and negotiate with the school leaders, but the students hope that the school leaders will come to the scene to negotiate with the students in person.
According to the poster of Tianjin University on the Internet, the students of the school will continue to protest and demonstrate on the evening of May 28, asking the school to clarify the method and time of the final exam; clarify the holiday and return time, etc., and ask the officials not to hold accountable and not interview. .
While the students were expressing their demands, a large number of policemen had already rushed to Tianjin University.
According to the video taken by local citizens, many police officers drove police motorcycles to Tianjin University through Dagu North Road in Heping District. It was said that there were officials from the Tianjin Municipal Party Committee in the cars in the middle of the convoy.
Tianjin University is one of the top universities in China with 25 colleges (departments), 4,727 faculty members and 33,159 full-time students.
According to mainland media reports, Tianjin University has been closed since January 8. At the time, the school was the only university in the city that had not yet had a winter vacation, and more than 27,000 students on two campuses were preparing for final exams.
Han Yinghua (pseudonym), a graduate student at the new campus of Tianjin University, previously told The Epoch Times that by January 20, the school had done 9 nucleic acid tests, and most of them were called to do nucleic acid tests either early in the morning or in the middle of the night. Staying up late to revise papers, do experiments, etc., cannot guarantee a normal rest at all. Everyone is complaining about the closure of the school.”
Nankai UniversityStudents continue to protest against epidemic prevention policies
In addition to Tianjin University, students from the neighboring Nankai University have also recently sought help online and staged protests on campus.
According to pictures posted on the Internet, some students hung large slogans on the campus building, satirizing the school’s “self-isolation from society”; some students sprayed “I want to be a free college student” on the separation wall of the school; on May 4, there were still students Post flyers on campus against continued closures.
As early as April 2, students from Nankai University published an article on Douban.com saying that from January to April, Nankai’s epidemic prevention measures have intensified and increased layers by layers, under the name of protecting students. Formalism pervades the campus.
In late April, a student from Nankai University asked on Zhihu: Nankai only blocks students, and staff and their families can enter and leave at will. What is the significance of this school closure? Others accused the school of treating students “as a virus” and said they strongly opposed the “tattered formalism”.
On May 23 and 24, colleges and universities in BeijingChina University of Political Science and LawThere have been protests and demonstrations one after another at Beijing Normal University. Students demanded that the school clarify the method and time of final exams, and allow students to return to their hometowns.
The protests in Beijing colleges and universities coincided with the anniversary of the June 4th student movement. The result of the student protests was that the authorities compromised and allowed students to go home. The student protests at Tianjin University are believed to be inspired by Beijing universities.
(The Epoch Times reporter Gu Xiaohua contributed to this article)
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