Lessons From Russia’s War: With an eye on a possible conflict over Taiwan, China has scrutinized both sides in Ukraine for insights ranging from the importance of supply lines to the power of nuclear threats.In Shanghai, some residents even called for the Communist Party and its leader, Xi Jinping, to step down, a rare and bold challenge. On campuses, students staged vigils, many holding up pieces of blank white paper in mute protest. In cities across China this weekend, thousands gathered with candles and flowers to mourn the fire’s victims. Now the episode in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang region, has unleashed the most defiant eruption of public anger against the ruling Communist Party in years. Many people suspected that a Covid lockdown had hampered rescue efforts or trapped victims inside their homes, and though officials denied that had happened, angry comments flooded social media and residents took to the streets in the city where the fire erupted. Firefighters spent three hours putting it out - too slow to prevent at least 10 deaths - and what might have remained an isolated accident turned into a tragedy and a political headache for local leaders.
The fire began with a faulty power strip in a bedroom on the 15th floor of an apartment building in China’s far west.
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