PROTESTS spreading in China have been catalyzed by fury at the government's hardline zero-Covid policies but have also exposed deep-rooted frustration against the country's wider political system.

People took to the streets across China on Sunday to call for an end to lockdowns and for greater political freedoms, in a wave of widespread protest not seen since pro-democracy rallies in 1989.

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