Xi must be a masochist.

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This is just talk to save face. China will end all Covid restrictions before the Chinese New Year. I guarantee it.

They are delusional, but they're also stuck between a rock and a hard place.

Their vaccination levels are simply not high enough, and the vaccines they're using are not effective enough. As a result, if they let this burn without restrictions then their medical system is going to get overwhelmed and massive numbers of people are going to die.

During previous lockdowns they could truthfully point out that everyone else was locking down. They don't have that excuse any more.

Loyal people will joyfully live in pain that you create. It's very common to use willful suffering as a loyalty test.

Everyone has a limit, and based on reports, I think many people have gone past loyalty.

Looks like Xi chose to be violently overthrown in the future then.

30 years of growth and then this. Communists never learn.

Man its shocking this is the only post I've seen about the biggest protests in china since tinanimin square which is currently involving dozens of universities and over a dozen cities.

The Chinese censorship is doing wonders it seems.

Was top story on even the UK's daily mail website yesterday. Was on BBC news as well as other TV news stations, and there have also been multiple posts about this on Reddit...

You are delusional. They have higher vaccination rate than many western nations and much stricter lockdowns. This is obviously not about COVID.