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A weekend protest at an elite Beijing university has forced administrators to abandon plans to further tighten COVID-19 restrictions on its students.

Peking University’s graduate students organized Sunday’s peaceful protest after the school made the decision to put up a metal wall to keep them on campus, while also allowing faculty to enter and exit freely.

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Students were also upset that they had been prohibited from ordering food or having visitors.

Protesters broke through the sheet-metal barrier, sharing phone videos and photos over social media before being removed by government censors.

Some videos remain on Twitter, which is blocked in China.