In One Chinese City, Protesters Find Themselves Thwarted by a Red Health Code

HONG KONG—Ye Mijian had gone to the central Chinese metropolis of Zhengzhou to affix a protest towards some native banks that had frozen his and others’ deposits. The protest plan was thwarted after his well being code, which authorities use to trace Covid-19 dangers, and that of many different would-be protesters turned pink.

Mr. Ye mentioned that as quickly as he arrived in Zhengzhou and scanned the code on his smartphone to exit from the prepare station, his inexperienced code switched coloration, prompting native officers to restrict him in a lodge. Two days later, when he left the area with out having been capable of perform his protest plan, the code flipped again to inexperienced, he mentioned.