Thank you for this question.
Yes, unfortunately, the deaths of 44 Uighurs—not 10—sparked a whole range of anger and uprising, I can say, in the whole of China. In more than 101 cities and 50 universities, people participated and people took to the streets. Some of them openly said, “ jiefàng Xinjiang”—“Liberate Xinjiang”—or “Open up Xinjiang” and that kind of slogan to support the Uighur people.
The anger here is mostly motivated by Xi Jinping's lockdown of more than 100 days without giving any access to basic necessities or to food and medical supplies. In this perspective, Uighurs and Han Chinese share the same suffering and, for that reason, it became a point for motivation.
Also, this tragic incident helped to connect a certain level of solidarity, which we can see inside China and outside China, and we are participating. The Chinese people led memorials across the cities. For that reason, in my opinion, that understanding is very important and should continue.
The Chinese people not only decided on their anger, their reaction, about the COVID lockdown, but at the same time directed their anger directly at Chinese president Xi Jinping and the Communist Party. The most common slogans are “Gongsun dung shate” and “Si jing ping shate”, which means “Down with Xi Jinping” and “Down with the Communist Party”. I think that is important.