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China protests test the limits of Xi Jinping’s authority

The Rachman Review

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Will President Xi Stick to Lockdowns?

I think a really interesting dynamic that's going to emerge is not just she's own response, but those leaders that he has recently pointed around him in the pilot bureau. Whether they'll start to show signs of discontent with this central policy and how they judge the space for being effectively disloyal to the core of the party. And whether enough of those kinds of political elites will see it in their own interests and perhaps in their own self-preservation to try to change President Xi's mind or at least pressure him on this.

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