Rare protests in Tibet by Chinese migrant workers over COVID lockdown

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A number of videos on social media in recent days have shown hundreds of migrant Chinese laborers in Tibet protesting and clashing with police. After three months of lockdown, they are demanding that they be allowed to go home. And reportedly, they have gotten their wish. Marco Werman speaks with Robert Barnett, a Tibet scholar and watcher at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, who has been following and verifying the story. 

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