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China warns of crackdown as protests to COVID policy spread
The Hill ^ | 11/30/2022 | Jared Gans

Posted on 11/30/2022 7:11:48 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

The Chinese government is warning of an impending crackdown on protesters opposing the country’s “zero-COVID” approach to containing the coronavirus as protests spread.

China’s Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission released a statement Tuesday saying it would “resolutely crack down on infiltration and sabotage activities by hostile forces” following rare protests that have become the largest in decades.

The protesters are pushing back against China’s policy to try to keep the number of COVID-19 cases in the country to as close to zero as possible. This has led the government to consistently order widespread lockdowns throughout the pandemic, often for entire cities.

China’s policy has helped to keep COVID-19 cases lower than in many other major countries, but experts have said that it’s unsustainable.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: china; covid; crackdown; policy
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Army and the police have to turn on the government to make this work.
1 posted on 11/30/2022 7:11:48 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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That will only happen if Xi makes a Putin like catastrophic decision, invades Taiwan but loses. Then the guys with guns will stop shooting at the people and just might overthrow the communist party.


2 posted on 11/30/2022 7:17:00 AM PST by allendale
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Tiannaman Square seems to be decentralized this time.

I think China may actually be in trouble and I’m not sure Taiwan will play any role. China may implode just through mismanagement and too much tyranny.


3 posted on 11/30/2022 7:19:39 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (We are already in a revolutionary period, and the Rule of Law means nothing. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The people are revolting, zero Covid is impossible, Bank of China in trouble, housing bubble, and no GDP numbers released for three straight quarters.
Trouble is inbound…


4 posted on 11/30/2022 7:21:08 AM PST by EEGator
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Is it true that Biden and Fauci are going to recommend Xi for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on the COVID??


5 posted on 11/30/2022 7:21:10 AM PST by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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Crackdown. Lockdown. What's the difference?

This has been the strategy of the worldwide Left -- Communists, Socialists, Fascists, anti-capitalists, statists and corporatists -- for some time now.

Why? Because of health? Saving the planet? So many forms of camouflage. So many wolves in sheep's clothing.

Behind those curtains and under those costumes and in spite of the clever verbiage, it's all about money and power and control.

6 posted on 11/30/2022 7:26:07 AM PST by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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Tiannaman Square seems to be decentralized this time.

Right, so no tanks. Instead they'll just use small arms and mow down large groups of unarmed protesters in each city and town.

7 posted on 11/30/2022 7:32:43 AM PST by palmer (Democracy Dies Six Ways from Sunday)
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“ China’s policy has helped to keep COVID-19 cases lower than in many other major countries, but experts have said that it’s unsustainable.”

That’s just an outright lie.


8 posted on 11/30/2022 7:40:40 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Next they’ll have a Zero-Halitosis crackdown


9 posted on 11/30/2022 7:43:06 AM PST by butlerweave
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“ Army and the police have to turn on the government to make this work. ”

What?


10 posted on 11/30/2022 7:43:07 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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It’s long past time for the PLA to liberate the people from the CCP.


11 posted on 11/30/2022 7:44:30 AM PST by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Chicoms closed all schools.

Jiang Zemin just died too.


12 posted on 11/30/2022 7:44:50 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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Nobody in the Chinese government is so stupid not to realize the virus will be with them for another 100,000 years or more. Zero cases?? What are they smoking?!

No, this crackdown has nothing to do with “zero Covid”, rather it will be to insure the Communist party doesn’t lose control as the country is coming apart at the seams. At some point the critical mass of crises will be reached, and many thousands will be massacred. Then order will be restored and Xi can continue on his merry way. Worst case scenario of course. Best case is he will be taken out and reform made possible at last.


13 posted on 11/30/2022 7:47:38 AM PST by Deo volente ("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)
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To: PIF

Ping.


14 posted on 11/30/2022 8:02:11 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: PIF

Ping.


15 posted on 11/30/2022 8:02:11 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: palmer

Right, so no tanks.

T Carlson reported and showed a short video of what he labeled as ‘tanks’ in the streets of a city. But they looked more like small APCs that tanks - no long gun, in fact the video was so bad it, I could not tell if there were even any sort of machine guns or 20mms mounted.

Which is why I hate all of this drive-by Chinese analysis that is more hype than fact.


16 posted on 11/30/2022 9:01:48 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Deo volente

No, this crackdown has nothing to do with “zero Covid”

The money generated by the millions of daily tests now supplies 1.3% of China’s revenue.

The trouble with the massacre theory is that it would have to happen in every university, every city, every town, every village all across China. You’d have to have local police, PAP, and PLA units killing their own families to be successful.


17 posted on 11/30/2022 9:08:10 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Antoninus

It was the PLA that was donating to Al Gore and sending arms to California ports for gangs...

They run Chinese companies.


18 posted on 11/30/2022 9:17:02 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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They send troops from other provinces to quell things so that the troops do not have to face that choice. They used rural troops at Tianamen Square.


19 posted on 11/30/2022 9:20:14 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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They only have to have one big example to get the point across. To scare the monkeys just kill a chicken in front of them. They will get the message, like Pelosi was doing with J6.


20 posted on 11/30/2022 9:22:26 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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