Chinese citizens protest 'zero-Covid' restrictions in a widespread show of resistance to Communist Party rule that has not been seen in decades.
Experts say the current size and scale of the protests are unlikely to pose a real threat to Xi, who gained a historic third term in office last month at the Communist Party congress. Stronger than ever after a decade in power and now surrounded exclusively by loyalists, Xi is China’s most dominant leader since Mao Zedong.
“At the beginning, people [were] quite happy with the way Xi Jinping took leadership in fighting the Covid-19 pandemic,” Cabestan said, “and the government’s propaganda has been pretty efficient in demonstrating that China was doing better than the rest of the world in limiting the number of fatalities. But now it has backfired.”
Zhao disputed the BBC’s version of events, saying Lawrence did not identify himself as a journalist before his arrest. “After the 20th Party Congress, China is as united as you can expect of any country,” said Gao, who served as a translator for the Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping. Though officials denied this, they further fanned public anger when they made comments suggesting that residents should have tried harder to save themselves.
Seeing no move by police to disperse the relatively mild crowd, he and his friend followed it, said Francis, 23, who also asked to be identified only by his first name. He said some protesters held up blank sheets of paper, a silent form of protest used to evade censorship, while others lit candles.
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