The Chinese Internet - What Do You Make?

Police were called out en masse to line the streets. Online, and within the tightly controlled Chinese web, things have gone as per the norm. It's impossible to know where this goes from here. Does the government attempt to tighten its grip? Relax? Find a way out of its endless roundabout of lockdown restrictions that are depressing its economy)? I have my bets, but who can say for sure?