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Chants of \u2018Xi Jinping step down\u2019 were heard on the lips of some demonstrators in China last weekend. A rare example of dissent against the Chinese leader.

The cause of the protestors fury is pretty clear \u2013 nearly three years of the government\u2019s zero-Covid policy has proved too much to bear for many Chinese.

The Chinese Communist Party acted quickly by sending police to protest sites and increasing online censorship. But on Tuesday some local health officials began suggesting that they needed to lift lockdowns \u2018as quickly as possible\u2019.

Will that be enough to prevent further protests in China, and how will Xi Jinping and his government respond to recent events?

Joining David Aaronovitch in The Briefing Room are:

David Rennie, Beijing bureau chief at The Economist\nKerry Allen, Chinese media analyst at BBC News\nDr Yu Jie, senior research fellow on China in the Asia-Pacific programme at Chatham House \nProfessor Steven Tsang, director at SOAS China Institute\n

Producers: Ben Carter, Kirsteen Knight and Daniel Gordon\nEditor: Simon Watts\nStudio manager: Graham Puddifoot\nProduction co-ordinators: Siobhan Reed & Helena Warwick-Cross