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ObscureD_Lee t1_iyeu15h wrote

Reply to comment by grinch1225 in China's Zhengzhou, home to world's largest iPhone factory, ends Covid lockdown. Other cities do the same by KingSash

They aren’t worried about people. Ccp worried about business and their image. Ccp has no issue mowing down a crowd of people, Tiananmen Square is how they will handle the people if the issue isn’t affecting business.

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Tearakan t1_iyf7a5s wrote

True. But mass discontent has been used by political leaders and generals in the past to stage ultimately popular coups.

It's always pretty dangerous for a regime to be in charge if you are pissing off a large majority of your population and threatening their livelihoods.

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Agreeable-Meat1 t1_iyfedf6 wrote

But Xi just reaffirmed his power. If ever there was a time he could come down with an iron fist, it's now when the entirety of the party is still at his back.

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thehazer t1_iyfcssx wrote

Aren’t there like a billion Chinese people who aren’t even party members? Seems like quite a bit of people to mow down.

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