Growing Divide Between CCP Narratives and Public Opinion as China’s Economy Slows

Paramilitary police officers patrol in a shopping area on the closing day of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing on May 27, 2020. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images

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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership’s insistence on reverting to a discredited past era and disregarding the public’s need has led to domestic opposition, rendering the top echelon an “isolated political clique,” critics said.