An outbreak of student-led protests across China has sent a sharp message to Chinese General Secretary Xi Jinping and the broader population, according to analysts and some dissidents.
Those minimizing remarks were understood as a sign that Xi plans to ease somewhat the coronavirus restrictions, without apparent fear that such awill incentivize additional protests. Yet some of the protests have called for more substantial political reforms, while the simple phenomenon of the protests already has begun to embolden Chinese nationals fearful of crossing the regime.told
Xi’s immunity to such outbreaks could face a stiffer test if he does in fact ease coronavirus restrictions, a move that will bring the risk of a surge in coronavirus cases. Yet the triumphalist regime also refused to make use of Western vaccines, while the less-effective Chinese vaccines have not been popular among Chinese people.
Some of Peng’s slogans were echoed by the protesters in China last weekend, Heritage Foundation research fellow Michael Cunningham noted. The remembrance of his example underscores the threat, from the regime’s perspective, of protest contagion. “There is precedent for protests, for demonstrations to arise following the deaths of senior Chinese leaders — the most prominent example of that is 1989. ... That was sort of the spark for the Tiananmen Square protests,” Mazza said. “It was a more optimistic time [under Zemin]. ... The Chinese government is very aware of this, and they’re going to make that difficult.”
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