[Francamente parlando Masuzoe]Xi Jinping’s Regime Rocked by Protests, This Administration Won’t Last Long China Has Become Incapable of Repressing Mass Dissatisfaction, One Mistake Can Kill the Regime (1/4) | JBpress (JBpress)

China cannot contain public dissatisfaction, one mistake could kill the regime

(Yoichi Masuzoe: scholar of international politics)

Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin died on November 30. he was 96 years old.

After the Tiananmen Incident on June 4, 1989, then Supreme Leader Deng Xiaoping selected Jiang Zemin, who was the top party secretary in Shanghai, to replace the ousted Zhao Ziyang.

Following Deng Xiaoping’s reform and opening-up policy, Jiang Zemin showed his astuteness in economic development, achieving a high growth rate of 9% on average per year during his 13 years of rule. He stepped down as general secretary of the party in 2002 and stepped down as president in 2003. His successor is Hu Jintao.

The Xi Jinping administration, which has entered its third term, is becoming more dictatorial in a way that looks like a return to Mao Zedong’s line, but public dissatisfaction with his heavy-handed policies is growing.

A demonstration that commemorates the Tiananmen massacre

Protests against the government’s zero-corona policy are spreading in China. Two things surprised me.

First, there have been simultaneous moves across the country, including Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing and Guangzhou. The development of SNS made this possible. It is believed that he was inviting people to join the demonstration without being monitored by the authorities.

Second, the protesters chanted: “Quit the Communist Party! Quit Xi Jinping!” This is the first time since the Tiananmen incident on June 4, 1989 that such harsh words have been heard.