If large-scale protests continue, the CCP is certainly quite capable of violent repression. They could try dealing with student protests by punishing leaders or pressuring their families. The party is already claiming it is trying to make COVID restrictions less onerous and more targeted. It's still not clear how China can smoothly step away from this policy.
Protests have become as bold as they are widespread—mostly against the country’s unsustainable zero-covid policies, but increasingly against the ruling regime itself. California’s wildfires have been growing more intense, and a new analysis shows just how much those blazes undo the good work of the state’s green policies. And a look at the evolution of the Great British Lad.
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