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Changing China’s COVID Policy Could Unleash Further Protests and Challenges for the CCP

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Changing China’s COVID Policy Could Unleash Further Protests and Challenges for the CCP
The picture of Chinese leader Xi Jinping with a mask is displayed at a convention center that was previously used as a makeshift hospital for patients in Wuhan, China, on Jan. 15, 2021. Nicolas Asfouri/AFP via Getty Images
Peter Dahlin
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Much has been made about the recent protests that rocked several major (and some minor) cities across China; protests mainly focused on the Chinese regime’s insistence on sticking to its outdated zero-COVID policy. Frustrations are running high, and Beijing’s abrupt shift toward loosening restrictions could spell further troubles on multiple fronts.

Peter Dahlin
Peter Dahlin
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Peter Dahlin is the founder of the NGO Safeguard Defenders and the co-founder of the Beijing-based Chinese NGO China Action (2007–2016). He is the author of “Trial By Media,” and contributor to “The People’s Republic of the Disappeared.” He lived in Beijing from 2007, until detained and placed in a secret jail in 2016, subsequently deported and banned. Prior to living in China, he worked for the Swedish government with gender equality issues, and now lives in Madrid, Spain.
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