THE PEOPLE VERSUS XI — Protests spread across China over the weekend, as citizens from Beijing to Shanghai to Chengdu voiced their opposition to draconian lockdowns resulting from the government’s zero-Covid policy.
Large-scale demonstrations in China are rare. This round of mass mobilization is the country’s largest anti-regime action since 1989 in Tiananmen Square, when the Chinese Communist Party violently stopped protests by killing demonstrators.
Many of the Chinese citizens on the streets today are nevertheless openly calling for Premier Xi Jinping’s departure. And for now, police have mostly just urged protesters to go home, while the government has slightly loosened some regulations. Still, global stocks fell today amid concerns of unrest from protests and worries about continued lockdowns in China as Covid cases continue to find their way into the country, leading to worries about supply chain interruptions.
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This round of mass mobilization in China is the country’s largest anti-regime action since 1989 in Tiananmen Square. What do protesters want, and how might this end? Nightly reports 👇https://t.co/M1ChXmGErM
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It will end with a violent crackdown as did Tiananmen Square. The government doesn’t take kindly to such threats to its regime.
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