Not since the protests of Tiananmen Square in 1989 have so many Chinese risked arrest and other repercussions to take to the streets over a single issue
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Nearly three years into the pandemic, China says its policies are not geared towards having zero cases at all times but instead, are about “dynamically” taking action when cases surface. Students were not highly organized or led by a central figure, Chen said. Protests took place in Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan, Chengdu and Urumqi.
Although this authoritarian arrangement allowed Xi to be more powerful, it also contains vulnerabilities, as exposed by the protests, analysts said. “If he lets go, it would mean that his past zero-COVID policy has completely failed and he would have to take responsibility for it. This makes him lose face,” said Teng Biao, Chinese human rights activist, lawyer and scholar.Xi has emphasized the need to prevent a “color revolution,” or anti-government protests, most recently when he spoke at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Uzbekistan in September.
Xi tried tweaking the zero-COVID policy with the release of “20 measures” last month, in an attempt to standardize prevention measures nationwide and make them friendlier to residents and to the economy.
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