Only in a country where people are denied the right to choose their political leaders could a pandemic emerge to kill millions globally and the president be set to serve another term in office like nothing happened.
🧵 on Xi’s impending third term in China…
🧵 on Xi’s impending third term in China…
#China’s ruling Communist Party will convene its 20th Party Congress on October 16, where President Xi Jinping will doubtless be anointed to a precedent-breaking third term.
There will apparently be no top-level accountability for Chinese authorities’ initial coverup of the new virus that helped fuel a global pandemic, nor for its obstructionism & secrecy that hindered the world’s ability to understand and combat its spread.
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That Xi’s government has also instituted draconian measures to combat Covid-19 that are wildly unpopular in China will also not matter to Xi’s pending party coronation.
The abusive “zero-Covid” policy is, in fact, a perfect example of the party’s authoritarian rule under Xi.
They imposed repeated, unpredictable lockdowns on hundreds of millions even as effective therapeutics & vaccines for Covid-19 became available.
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They imposed repeated, unpredictable lockdowns on hundreds of millions even as effective therapeutics & vaccines for Covid-19 became available.
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These draconian measures in China have impeded people’s access to health care, food, and other life necessities.
An unknown number of people died after being denied medical treatment for non-Covid-related illnesses.
An unknown number of people died after being denied medical treatment for non-Covid-related illnesses.
In unimaginable despair, some have jumped to their death at the mass quarantine sites or from residential buildings under lockdown.
China’s draconian lockdowns also caused economic harm, forcing businesses to downsize or close, cutting jobs and wages.
Yet, there is little sign authorities are lifting restrictions like lockdowns and prolonged quarantines.
Yet, there is little sign authorities are lifting restrictions like lockdowns and prolonged quarantines.
Of course, without freedom of speech and independent media, people in China can’t easily complain about this mistreatment and misrule.
And they have no democratic means to prevent the man behind it from staying in power and continuing the abuses.
And they have no democratic means to prevent the man behind it from staying in power and continuing the abuses.
📢 This is the lead story in my newsletter today.
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