The Chinese people say, "Enough."
Protests have erupted throughout China. They're chanting, "Down with the Communist Party," "Down with Xi Jinping, and "We want freedom." What will happen next?
I was about to send you a newsletter about Hungary—I’ll do that later today—when I checked the news and realized this is really significant:
Protests spread to cities and college campuses around China on Saturday night, reflecting rising public anger at the country’s draconian Covid controls, with some in a crowd in Shanghai directing their fury at the Communist Party and its top leader, Xi Jinping.
The wider demonstrations followed an outpouring of online anger and a street protest that erupted Friday in Urumqi, the regional capital of Xinjiang in western China, where at least 10 people died and nine others were injured in an apartment fire on Thursday. Many Chinese people say they suspect Covid restrictions prevented those victims from escaping their homes, a claim the government has rejected.
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