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Protests and Xi Jinping’s zero-COVID dilemma

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The Prince, Searching for Xi Jinping

Sulyn Wang is the economist China correspondent for FromPurner. She says President Xi Jinping's pursuit of control has been causing friction long before pandemic. The protests come just weeks after the CCP's National Congress where Xi consolidated his powers in a way that we haven't seen since Chairman Mao, she says.

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