Do you think ultimately this will be a win for the Chinese surveillance state in that they tighten the infrastructure and make it stronger? That is the big question. And it's one I think it's really hard to answer, partly because we're just in uncharted territory. But as you said earlier, the outcome here might be an easing of this zero COVID policy in China,. An easing of restrictions like we've seen in countless other countries around the world.
The protests in China might force the government to back down from its extreme Covid restrictions and ramp up its extreme surveillance programs. The Wall Street Journal’s Josh Chin explains.
This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and edited by Sean Rameswaram who also hosted.
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