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China sends students home, police patrol to curb protests

A worker in protective gear stands guard near caution tape placed in a locked down neighborhood in Beijing on November 29, 2022. [AP Photo]

Chinese universities sent students home and police fanned out in Beijing and Shanghai to prevent more protests Tuesday after crowds angered by severe anti-virus restrictions called for leader Xi Jinping to resign in the biggest show of public dissent in decades.

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