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China protests could usher in ‘more authoritarian’ Xi era, analyst says
cnbc ^ | NOV 28 20229:45 AM EST | Karen Gilchrist

Posted on 11/28/2022 9:33:16 AM PST by BenLurkin

The unrest — which included open calls in Shanghai for Xi to step down and the detention of foreign journalists — has been well-documented in the international press. But coverage within China has been somewhat limited due to the government’s stringent censorship rules and control of the media.

As such, Xi’s CCP could clamp down further on public protests, Green noted. That was the case during 2019′s pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, and 1989′s Tiananmen Square protests on the Chinese mainland.

The party is also likely to continue pursuing a hard line in its Covid strategy, as cases hit record highs even as citizens had anticipated an easing of measures.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: anthonyfauci; brainlessjoebiden; ccp; china; covidstooges; hunterbiden; libsoftiktok; obamacare; tiktok; vaccinemandates

1 posted on 11/28/2022 9:33:16 AM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Joe Biden says of Xi and Red China: “They’re not bad folks.”


2 posted on 11/28/2022 9:33:55 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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Pope Francis says of Xi and Red China: “They can pick my bishops.”


3 posted on 11/28/2022 9:47:19 AM PST by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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I think likely puts him towards a more authoritarian approach to governance in China,”

How do you get more authoritarian than constant electronic tracking of every citizen? Permission to move tied to every detail of a person's housing, living, food, and health care? A totally controlled media? Covid concentration camps?

Yet I think the CCP may still find another level.

4 posted on 11/28/2022 9:50:33 AM PST by PGR88
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To: BenLurkin

There’s a slim chance it could alert the sheep in America to the danger’s of Biden’s authoritarianism.......


5 posted on 11/28/2022 9:55:06 AM PST by G Larry ( "woke" means 'stupid enough to fall for the promotion of every human weakness into a virtue')
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To: BenLurkin

They have to play catch up with Joe Biden and his FBI.


6 posted on 11/28/2022 10:15:10 AM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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What they have done in the past is simply let a lot of the protests go on and then identify the leaders and grab them while they are at home.

They simply disappear.

If the protest leaders run, the government will take their families. Dont show up? Fine, then your parents go first, then your siblings and the last will be your girlfriend/wife and kids.

You become a leader in protests against the Chinese communists you better be prepared to watch all your relatives disappear.


7 posted on 11/28/2022 10:21:04 AM PST by crz
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Thing is he’d have to clamp down on every city, every town, every village every university. He might try, but it would not work - too many people, too spread out across a county the size of the US.


8 posted on 11/28/2022 10:54:24 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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Look for a new supply of organs to become available to those who can afford them.


9 posted on 11/28/2022 11:02:42 AM PST by Truth29
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10 posted on 11/28/2022 11:39:47 AM PST by sauropod (Fascists also buy Comcast cable packages" - Olby - Wanna buy mine?)
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Well, of course. Look at how Castor’s little bastid reacted when truckers protested the same thing.

Protesting is of negative impact unless you are willing to push it to the end, like in SriLanka. The Yello0wJackets in France accomplished nothing. Truckers in Canada, ditto. Every US one so far, the same. Unless you force the Aholes out of their castle, it only gets worse. Just “protesting” is just racking time on TV.


11 posted on 11/28/2022 12:45:05 PM PST by bobbo666 (Baizuo)
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Writer is an idiot. Not because he’s wrong that this could usher in a more draconian rule - it could. And it might do the opposite, too.

He’s an idiot because he writes “as cases hit record highs ” as if there actually is a Covid problem.


12 posted on 11/28/2022 2:28:43 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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