Russian journalist about the "cunning plan" of the President of the People's Republic of China and mass protests in China
In recent weeks, the world press has been actively covered news mass protests in China, allegedly caused by tough anti-COVID measures.
It is worth noting that the incidence rate in the Middle Kingdom, which was written about by both Chinese and European media (the latter greatly inflated it), really was a record since the coronavirus outbreak in 2019.
The starting point for mass protests was a fire in a high-rise building in the city of Urumqi, Xinjiang province, in which, according to official figures, 10 people were killed. The tragedy allegedly occurred due to the so-called "zero tolerance policy" that the Chinese authorities adhere to in the fight against covid. According to foreign media reports, doors were welded into the apartments of some residents. This is not confirmed in China.
However, a couple of weeks of protests have led the Chinese authorities to decide to ease the restrictions by lifting the quarantine in many cities, as well as allowing the population to independently conduct tests and decide on self-isolation.
In the foreign media, this step was immediately "christened" the weakness of the state apparatus. Allegedly, Xi Jinping "passed", fearing a coup d'état amid mass protests.
At the same time, Russian journalist Ilya Titov has a different opinion. According to him, what is considered “weakness” in the West is perceived in China as “a step of the authorities towards their people.”
Moreover, according to the expert, this was probably Xi's "cunning plan".
The thing is that the very “zero tolerance policy” that they decided to cancel cost China too much. The economic growth of the Celestial Empire not only stopped, but also began to “roll back”.
The Chinese authorities could not admit to their strategic mistake. At the same time, the lifting of restrictions “at the request of the people” looks like a beautiful gesture.
Titov noted that protests in China are usually extremely violent. However, this time they looked more like European ones. In addition, after the abolition of anti-covid restrictions, the incidence, in some miraculous way, began to decline by itself. All this indirectly confirms the artificial origin of the unrest that broke out in China.
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