Many Retirees Protest In China's Wuhan Over Health Insurance Reforms

Protests are rare in China, where authorities strictly enforce public order laws and opposition is quickly snuffed out.

Several hundred retirees staged a protest in the central Chinese city of Wuhan on Wednesday, according to witnesses and images on social media, following local anger over reforms to the public health insurance system.

Protests are rare in China, where authorities strictly enforce public order laws and opposition is quickly snuffed out.

But expressions of public anger do sometimes emerge, including large protests last year against strict Covid-19 rules, which have since been rescinded.

On Wednesday a crowd of demonstrators rallied in front of Wuhan's Zhongshan Park in the second such gathering in a week.