Nov 30, 2022 10:28 PM
Proud, scared and conflicted. What China Protesters Told Me
https://www.zyri.net/2022/11/30/proud-sc...s-told-me/
INTRO: They attended their first demonstrations. They chanted their first protest slogans. They had their first encounters with the police.
Then they returned home, trembling with disbelief for having challenged the world’s most powerful authoritarian government and the toughest leader China has seen in decades.
Chinese youth are protesting against the harsh policy of “zero-COVID” of the country and even urging its highest leader, Xi Jinpingto which he resigns.
It’s something China hasn’t seen since 1989, when the ruling Communist Party brutally cracked down on pro-democracy protesters, mostly university students.
Regardless of what happens in the coming days and weeks, the young protesters represent a new threat for the Xi government, which has eliminated his political opponents and suppressed any voice that challenges his rule.
Such public dissent was unimaginable until a few days ago.
These same youngsters, when mentioning Xi online, used euphemisms like “X,” “he,” or “that person,” fearing even to utter the president’s name.
They endured everything the government threw at them: harsh pandemic restrictions, high unemployment rates, fewer books available to read, movies to watch, and games to play.
Then, something cracked.
After nearly three long years of “zero-COVID,” which has become a political campaign for Xi, China’s future looks increasingly bleak.
The economy is in its worst moment in decades. Xi’s foreign policy has alienated many countries. His policy of censorship, in addition to stifling challenges to his authority, has killed most of the fun... (MORE - details)
Cynic's Corner: While the video below is arguably informative in some areas, ignore the typical prognostications of Western propaganda that the CCP is on the road to losing godhood status. These defenseless ruminants have proven time and time again that they can't put a dent in a regime that's willing to do whatever it takes. The irony of this ideology is that all the receptors of its "social justice" conscience (which it is renowned for) fall out once it acquires power. "There's a sucker born every minute." --Karl Marx (erroneously attributed to P. T. Barnum and alternatively a multitude of others).
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The End of China
https://zeihan.com/the-end-of-china/
EXCERPT: China is looking down the wrong end of a double-barrel shotgun. One barrel – loaded with a rolling series of government breakdowns. The other – loaded with a tightening grip of Xi Jinping. No matter which side goes off, China will be sent into a spiral of self-destruction...
https://youtu.be/QzT38jCUpgU
https://www.zyri.net/2022/11/30/proud-sc...s-told-me/
INTRO: They attended their first demonstrations. They chanted their first protest slogans. They had their first encounters with the police.
Then they returned home, trembling with disbelief for having challenged the world’s most powerful authoritarian government and the toughest leader China has seen in decades.
Chinese youth are protesting against the harsh policy of “zero-COVID” of the country and even urging its highest leader, Xi Jinpingto which he resigns.
It’s something China hasn’t seen since 1989, when the ruling Communist Party brutally cracked down on pro-democracy protesters, mostly university students.
Regardless of what happens in the coming days and weeks, the young protesters represent a new threat for the Xi government, which has eliminated his political opponents and suppressed any voice that challenges his rule.
Such public dissent was unimaginable until a few days ago.
These same youngsters, when mentioning Xi online, used euphemisms like “X,” “he,” or “that person,” fearing even to utter the president’s name.
They endured everything the government threw at them: harsh pandemic restrictions, high unemployment rates, fewer books available to read, movies to watch, and games to play.
Then, something cracked.
After nearly three long years of “zero-COVID,” which has become a political campaign for Xi, China’s future looks increasingly bleak.
The economy is in its worst moment in decades. Xi’s foreign policy has alienated many countries. His policy of censorship, in addition to stifling challenges to his authority, has killed most of the fun... (MORE - details)
Cynic's Corner: While the video below is arguably informative in some areas, ignore the typical prognostications of Western propaganda that the CCP is on the road to losing godhood status. These defenseless ruminants have proven time and time again that they can't put a dent in a regime that's willing to do whatever it takes. The irony of this ideology is that all the receptors of its "social justice" conscience (which it is renowned for) fall out once it acquires power. "There's a sucker born every minute." --Karl Marx (erroneously attributed to P. T. Barnum and alternatively a multitude of others).
- - - - - - - - -
The End of China
https://zeihan.com/the-end-of-china/
EXCERPT: China is looking down the wrong end of a double-barrel shotgun. One barrel – loaded with a rolling series of government breakdowns. The other – loaded with a tightening grip of Xi Jinping. No matter which side goes off, China will be sent into a spiral of self-destruction...
https://youtu.be/QzT38jCUpgU