Thread by @zhao_dashuai

An overview of the protests happening in China 🧵

This video sums it up pretty well:
It happened in Chengdu, Sichuan
A small group of people were chanting:

"We want freedom" in Mandarin

Then the bystanders shouted in Sichuan dialect:
"fk your freedom"

Vast majority of the people protesting simply wants the covid policy to change

However, there is a small minority of people that are using this as a stepping stone for regime change

These people are working directly with foreign journalists, so their voices are overrepresented

On telegram groups, these people have their list of contacts

So what you see on twitter is NOT the voice of the people, it's the voice of western journalists

These journalists work with professional protesters to set the narrative

Once the narrative is set in your mind, everything you see tend to follow their train of thought, this is how they get you

I've been listening to these professional protesters for hours

Most active people in that group are not in China, one girl described herself as an "activist" from overseas

So there is a clear divide between the reasonable majority, and the tiny minority that have ulterior motives

How will China deal with this?

Carrot and Stick:

The Carrot is to ease covid restrictions, or the central government can release a timetable for reopening

The Stick is to divide the tiny minority colluding with foreign journalist from the majority, deal with them separately

The tiny minority colluding with foreign forces are organized

So, catching one of them, especially the "frontline commanders", you'll take the entire group down

This is the protest manual written by professional protesters from overseas

Filled with tactics from 2019 Hong Kong

The government must act quickly to prevent these people from hijacking the narrative inside China

Once the concerns of the majority is addressed

The minority with ulterior motives will be exposed and their color revolution defeated