Beijing
CNN
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Protests erupted across China on Saturday, including at universities and in Shanghai where hundreds chanted “Step down, Xi Jinping! Step down, Communist Party!” in an unprecedented show of defiance against the country’s stringent and increasingly costly zero-Covid policy.
Such widespread scenes of anger and defiance are exceptionally rare in China, where the ruling Communist Party ruthlessly cracks down on all expressions of dissent. But three years into the pandemic, many people have been pushed to the brink by the government’s incessant use of lockdowns, Covid tests and quarantines. Public anger has reached a boiling point following a series of heartbreaking deaths that have been blamed on Covid control measures.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/26/china/ch ... index.html
I don't hold out any hope that the Chinese will be able to liberate themselves, but if these protests are widespread enough the economic impact may at least force the CCP to capitulate.
I also think that it's outragous that we still deal with the CPP as a legitimate government knowing all we do about them.