Fear and fury in China – what does President Xi do now?
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Introduction
China has some of the tightest covered rules on the planet. You need a negative test to do pretty much anything, investing in shops and parks. And just a handful of cases lead to immediate lockdown. Anger is boiling over after 10 people were killed in a fire in the west of China. Covid rules allegedly trapped those inside. The final straw it seems for many in a zero Covid pressure cooker. President Xi Jinping faces a very clear challenge to his authority.
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