For now, China's security forces are trying to quietly quell the protests using the country's massive surveillance state.of zero COVID — as one state news outlet wrote — the policy has been useful in further centralizing Beijing's control over every Chinese citizen. Under zero COVID protocols, people are required to show a"green code" on their smartphones whenever they enter public places or ride mass transit.
What the tracking mechanism failed to detect was the rising level of discontent that spurred tens of thousands to take to the streets in protest. That failure will have political consequences."The CCP will have some soul searching to do," Pei told me."What happened this time is that the surveillance state failed to detect the protests before they happened. That's quite serious.
In the short term, the CCP is trying to diffuse the situation by going after COVID itself. Officials have announced plans to ramp up vaccination efforts for seniors, a modest effort that seeks to preserve Xi's zero COVID policy — and hence his genius. For the moment, the party is also going easy on the protestors, in the hope that the unrest won't escalate. But it remains to be seen, Pei warns, whether that strategy will work.
Guess what’s gonna happen next? Attack on Taiwan……
Waiting for them to do a nationwide People Power or a major kudeta by the military.
整天说这些也没见中国变差