Beijing has wasted over two years declaring victory over Covid. Now protests leave China facing a terrible trilemma, says petesweeneypro
have found common cause. And the internet is facilitating protesters’ coordination, precisely what internal security services have spent decades trying to prevent.
Cities reversed out of relaxation into intensified lockdown. However, because many elderly have declined vaccination, letting the disease rip would almost certainly cause a spike in deaths. Officials are also aware that for every citizen on the street griping about lockdowns, there is another who is terrified of catching Covid-19. When the city of Shijiazhuang tried to ease epidemic controls, for example, many residents cowered inside their flats instead of going shopping.
The bigger this wave of discontent gets, the more hard-liners may argue for a violent attack on dissent and a return to rigid quarantine. That carries its own risks. Some Beijing apologists argue that the Tiananmen crackdown enabled the subsequent era of wealth creation. Yet China’s economic growth slowed by nearly two-thirds in 1989 to 4% and stayed there the next year.
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