@QueenPhillippa right, I saw the headlines about the fire. To my understanding there was a lot of things accumulating. Also, it's really bizarre to see they still have lockdowns when other countries starting to remove mask requirements...
Any predictions are totally outside of my league as I have huge gaps in knowledge about East Asia. But I'm definitely π π π
@rakshy Apparently, the world is in a "Triple demic!" of Flu, RSV and Covid.
Generally, such massive protests are triggered by a single egregious miscarriage of government, but really are a release of pent up rage over MANY things that are wrong.
The London Riots, Arab Spring, Watts Riots, now Iran and China with some going on in Russia...all were about general rage.
One trigger, many loaded guns.