ah, michael croft, welcome to the program on rest is growing in china, restrict covered 19 lockdown measures. protests have broken out in several parts of the country including this and yank region where many people have been barred from leaving their homes for more than 3 months. protests in the regional capital, rome she came after an apartment block fire killed 10 people, some residents day, the restrictions on movement, hampered rescue efforts. growing frustration over the lock downs. almost 3 years since the start of the pandemic is putting beijing's 0 covert policy under increasing pressure. shine is normally bustling capital, resembles a ghost town with neighborhoods locked down and whole district cut off. we have an appointment with jungling pung, a temporary worker who once helped us move. 15 days now, he's been forbidden to leave his reasoning to complete. yet i'm like, hey, we can't earn money any more. the, the situation in beijing is very bad, and that's after an already very difficult year for us with constant corona, virus measures. we have to leave abruptly, the police are ap