A good thread. But what do you make of the courageous protests in Brisbane, London & New York? Ideas travel in & out of China at unprecedented speed. Collective experiential learning is taking place, whether people belong to the system (体制内) or are alienated by it (体制外) /1
https://twitter.com/byron_wan/status/1597777246923550721
Within the system (体制内) there must be a lot of unhappy campers. While they are unlikely to rebel openly, establishment people as #SilentDissidents can throw a spanner in the works through foot dragging / superficial compliance etc /2
And the longer the Xi regime sticks to its inflexible and draconian Zero Covid policy, the more it will alienate people. This could push them to turn their backs to the system and join the anti-establishment (体制外). This has happened before, think of Zhao Ziyang in 1989 /3
Given China’s highly corporatist political economy changes in society have an effect on the party-state. Migdal et al once described this as “state-in-society”. Behind the scenes there will now be attempts of negotiation / persuasion, from both sides. This is not over yet /End
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