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And many for example relying on chats from the government to give themselves security that they were able to leave. now we have seen videos emerge on tiktok as well as weibo, which is china's equivalent of twitter, showing people coming up against officials in hazmat suits, screaming out, lift the lockdown, as well as hitting drums. all of this comes about as the fact that china was the first into this pandemic and it seems like it is going to be the last out. it has now been almost three years that people have faced lockdown pressures, quarantines, as well as having to deal with snap lockdown...

China in the last week. local officials say today's deadly fire may have started with a spark from a power strip in a bedroom of one of the 15-floor apartments. also in china, we're following violent protests at the world's largest apple iphone factory. china is seeing a record number of covid cases and workers clash with police. in china, a lockdown is a lockdown. working conditions are also dismal and sharing rooms with colleagues who tested positive for covid and not receiving proper sick pay from the company. janis mackey frayer is in beijing with the latest. >> reporter: china's governm...

There is no clear exit path. we're three years in the pandemic and they're using the same strategies they used from the start which are lockdowns, quarantines, and mass testing. it is not working in the same way. people are angry. authorities here, they're scared that opening up would overrub the country's health care system and lead to mass deaths and the vaccination rate is still logging behind so they've got no choice. but increasingly, jim, it is the restrictions, not covid itself, that is being blamed for the heartbreaking deaths that are fuelling nationwide outrage. adding to that anger ...

Never seeming to threaten us. >> and they say, the shot of adrenaline in your arm, they were not kidding. i don't want to admit to being afraid but they are very impressive creatures. >> reporter: creatures they have more reason to try and protect. patrick oppman. >> i'm a hard pass on that. covid-19 cases in china are surging once again. for the second day in a row they reported their highest number, 31,000, surpassing the record set last april. residents are railing against china's zero covid policy and the lockdowns and quarantines and mass testing that comes with it. cnn's selena wang jo...

Policymakers’ attempts to boost China’s economy while it remains constrained by the disruptive zero-Covid policy are deemed ‘powerless’.