Tearakan t1_iyf7a5s wrote
Reply to comment by ObscureD_Lee in China's Zhengzhou, home to world's largest iPhone factory, ends Covid lockdown. Other cities do the same by KingSash
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.
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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