Tangle - The protests in China.

Episode Date: November 29, 2022

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I'm your host, Isaac Saul, and on today's episode, we are going to be talking about the protests in China, which are a pretty big deal, not just in China, but of course, all across the world. Before we jump in, though, I want to acknowledge that today is Giving Tuesday, and I have a little plan about how to do something nice to celebrate. Over the Thanksgiving weekend, I caught up with an old family friend who is now running an organization called the Double Trellis Food Initiative, or DTFI, that is trying to sustainably address food insecurity in Philadelphia, which is the city that I live in. Since June of 2020, he and his team have cooked and distributed over 25,000 meals

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Extraordinary protests and outrage are spreading across china over xi jinping's strict covid lockdown policies as the world grows more concerned about a recession and since china is the world's number one manufacturer the protests were triggered by a deadly fire thursday at an apartment building in a room chi the capital of the far western province, Xinjiang. Tonight, acts of defiance not seen in a generation. Massive protests spreading across China. Take a look at this tonight, why they're now holding up these blank sheets of paper, the message these protesters are trying to send to the world. It is a symbol of anti-censorship.

It is a symbol of anti-censorship. Over the last week, unprecedented protests against COVID-19 lockdowns have been breaking out in China. The protests are erupting in major cities and universities across the country and being shared on social media platforms like TikTok, an unusual sign of unbridled public anger toward the Chinese government. Demonstrations happened over the weekend in China's largest cities like Beijing, population 21 million, and Shanghai, population 26 million, as well as Nanjing, population 8.5 million, Wuhan, population 11 million, and Urumqi, population 3.5 million, the capital of Xinjiang. The protests appear to have started in Arunqi on Friday after a deadly fire broke out in an apartment complex in an area where residents have been under lockdown for more than 100 days.

Residents flooded social media with comments alleging that the COVID restrictions had delayed an emergency response to the fire, which contributed to the deaths of 10 people, including three children. It is not rare to see open displays of protests in China, though they are typically small and focused on local grievances. What is unusual is multiple protests occurring across several major cities and focused on the policies of the national government. President Xi has overseen a crackdown on political dissent over the last decade. Many dissidents and protesters are sure to face prison time and will be easily identified thanks to the vast surveillance structure China has created in their major cities. In Shanghai, China's most populous city, protesters chanted things like

we want freedom and unlock Xinjiang, unlock all of China. Some even called for President Xi Jinping to step down. Thousands of social media videos from across the country have shown protesters clogging roadways and shouting for lockdowns to be lifted. The slogan, I want to see a movie, has become a rallying cry for grassroots protesters emphasizing a desire to return to normal life. China has implemented a zero-COVID policy throughout the pandemic that requires stringent lockdowns anytime an outbreak occurs. Unlike lockdowns in the United States, which relied mostly on convincing the public to stay home as a matter of safety, lockdowns in China have involved strictly enforced curfews and limits

on travel. People who test positive for COVID-19 are often isolated and sent to quarantine centers where they can recover, while government officials and police have even resorted to sealing the doors of apartment buildings to keep people locked inside. Many residents in major cities must take regular coronavirus tests and have their movements surveilled in the name of preventing outbreaks. Despite that, on Saturday, officials in China reported an all-time high of nearly 40,000 new cases. Virologists suspect the latest outbreak is because of low levels of natural immunity among the 1.4 billion Chinese residents, as well as less effective domestically produced coronavirus vaccines that the Chinese government has distributed. Markets dipped on Monday, a sign investors expect this wave of COVID-19 to again disrupt supply chains overseas.

Protests against the government come just a month after China's Congress extended President Xi to his third five-year term. Xi had amended the Chinese constitution in 2018 to remove the two-term limit, extending his authoritarian rule over the country indefinitely. The outbreak of protests across the country appeared to be the most significant protest against his leadership since he came to power in 2012. On Monday, China clamped down on the protests with police flooding sites across the country and arresting demonstrators. Simultaneously, online censorship ramped up, including China-directed bots that spammed Twitter searches for Chinese cities with explicit content to overwhelm the platform's moderation

team. While the crackdown ensued, health authorities simultaneously relaxed some COVID-19 restrictions. Protesters in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Britain, Japan, the United States, and Canada have also hit the streets in solidarity with Chinese demonstrators. Today, we're going to take a look at some reactions from the right and the left, and then my take. First up, I'll point out some agreement. As you'll hear in a minute, many on both sides of the aisle support the protesters in China, hoping that President Xi resists a harsh crackdown and criticizes China's zero-COVID policy as an untenable and ineffective solution to the current pandemic. First up, we'll start with what the right is saying. Many on the right criticize the Chinese Communist Party, arguing that protests are about more than just COVID-19. Some say the

Chinese people want democracy and the freedoms that many Westerners enjoy. Others argue that zero COVID was always unachievable and untenable. In the New York Post, Miles Yu said the protests in China aren't just about COVID-19. They are about a dictatorship. Last Thursday, a street protester in the hinterland metropolis Chongqing eloquently addressed a cheering crowd. There is only one type of disease in the world, lack of freedom and poverty. We have it both in China. After he quoted Patrick Henry, give me liberty or give me death repeatedly, the police tried to arrest him, only to be repulsed by an angry crowd who promptly overwhelmed the fully armed police and rescued the protester, Yu said. This is the source of both the Chinese

regime's draconian conduct and the protests that erupted this past weekend. Neither is really about COVID. It's about the battle between communism and freedom. Mao's draconian great leap forward led to the deaths of more than 40 million Chinese people. Xi's draconian COVID zero policy threatens to do the same. They are motivated by a purely totalitarian ideology, which assumes not only the complete malleability of nature, but the utter infallibility and invincibility of the party that could easily destroy nature and science, Yu wrote. Blinded by this radical utopian vision, the CCP is consistently callous toward its people's well-being, but this callousness has traditionally impacted more on migrant workers and the rural poor.

This time, the party's all-encompassing COVID-0 lockdowns have affected the property-owning and educated middle class and the rich, and this brings with it unintended consequences. Millions of Chinese people across the nation, from all sections of the repressed country, are now willing to risk imprisonment, torture, and even death to stand up to their oppressors. In National Review, Jim Garrity asked bluntly, is Xi Jinping dumb? There are good reasons to fear China, Garrity said. The country has the largest standing military in the world and the world's largest navy. It is dramatically expanding its nuclear arsenal, its human rights record reads like a demon's resume, and it's currently committing genocide, but somehow its economic, diplomatic,

and cultural power is so strong that the regime has defenders in the West who shrug off the ongoing use of concentration camps. The country has made little secret of its desire to conquer, or in its own words, unify with Taiwan by force. And in the last few years, you may have noticed that its virology labs don't seem all that safe and secure. But for all of the menacing, saber-rattling relentlessness and ruthlessness, Chinese ruler Xi Jinping and his surrounding yes-men also seem, well, kind of dumb sometimes. If not dumb, then they're prone to sticking with a decision or policy that isn't working, even as the evidence of how that decision or policy can't work piles up and the situation gets worse and worse, he said. The unsustainability and abusiveness of the draconian zero-COVID

policies was self-evident from the first videos on social media of Wuhan officials welding the doors of apartment buildings shut, locking the residents inside during the first coronavirus outbreak. The Chinese Communist Party's zero-COVID policies envision the entire country as a prison, themselves as the wardens and guards and all other civilians as prisoners until further notice. The people who said zero-COVID doesn't work were right. The people who said zero-COVID works were wrong. We need a giant flashing neon sign in Times Square to ensure that everyone knows this and that no one forgets it. The Wall Street Journal editorial board called it China's revolt against zero COVID. COVID possesses a particular threat in China because the regime has advertised zero COVID as an example of the superiority of its communist system over messy

Western democracy, the board said. The policy has kept the number of COVID deaths low compared to the West, if you trust China's official statistics. But the lockdowns haven't been able to control COVID, only delay its spread. Nearly three years of lockdowns means the Chinese public has far less natural immunity. In their blinker nationalism, Chinese leaders refuse to import Western mRNA vaccines. The domestic Sinovac vaccine offers less protection as the coronavirus mutates. China's elderly are especially vulnerable, and there is too little hospital space to accommodate seriously ill patients if the country eases COVID restrictions, the board said. The southern city of Guangzhou said this month it

is building quarantine facilities and hospital beds for 250,000 people. Westerners who admire Chinese stability and central planning might consider that the government has had three years of COVID to prepare the hospital system. Based on Charles Yu's award-winning book, Interior Chinatown follows the story of Willis Wu, a background character trapped in a police procedural who dreams about a world beyond Chinatown. When he inadvertently becomes a witness to a crime, Willis begins to unravel a criminal web, his family's buried history, and what it feels like to be in the spotlight. Interior Chinatown is streaming November 19th, only on Disney+. The flu remains a serious disease. Last season, over 102,000 influenza cases have been reported across Canada, which is nearly double the historic average of 52,000 cases.

What can you do this flu season? Talk to your pharmacist or doctor about getting a flu shot. Consider FluCellVax Quad and help protect yourself from the flu. It's the first cell-based flu vaccine authorized in Canada for ages 6 months and older, and it may be available for free in your province. Side effects and allergic reactions can occur, and 100% protection is not guaranteed. Learn more at flucellvax.ca. Rest assured, party commissioners in Beijing won't wait in line for an intensive care bed. Mr. Xi and the party will be ruthless in putting down protests if they continue.

The party's security apparatus will use its monitoring ability and facial recognition to identify the participants, and many if not all of the demonstrators will be arrested in the days ahead. Many will simply disappear. Alright, that is it for what the right is saying, which brings us to what the left is saying. Many on the left worry about how Xi will react, but hope the protests continue. Some criticize the zero COVID policy, saying it is no longer a tenable solution. Others say Xi faces a major dilemma on how to handle the protests. Jianli Yang, a former Tiananmen Square protester, said the protests have exceeded her expectations. The demonstrations began by expressing rage over

harsh zero-COVID policies, but the protesters' demands quickly evolved into a movement demanding broader freedoms. Freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom from the dictates of the Communist Party, he wrote. I was there when the Chinese Communist Party sent in troops to gun down the protesters, and I fear that history can repeat itself today. The world should not underestimate the determination of Xi and the CCP to remain in power. The regime will make full use of all the resources at its disposal, including surveillance technology, the police, and the intelligence services. For that reason, the international community should make use of all the tools available to it and to support pro-democracy forces and to deter the Beijing regime from resorting to force. We hope that the protests will eventually yield the changes we seek. I see at least four conditions that must be

simultaneously met for there to be a chance of achieving meaningful change in China, Yang said. First, the people must be strongly discontented with the political status quo. Second, a viable democratic opposition must arise. Third, a rift has to occur within the leadership of the CCP government. Fourth, the international community will have to believe that China's democratic opposition is viable and will opt to support it. Condition 1 has already been met. Condition 2 remains a dream for the moment, while Condition 3 could yet occur if the protests continue. In Bloomberg, Matthew Brooker said Xi had a major dilemma, crackdown or placate. It's unlikely a coincidence that frustration bubbled over just as China has begun to ease back on some of its

most draconian restrictions. Earlier this month, the government released a list of 20 guidelines designed to lessen the economic and social impact, such as cutting the isolation periods for close contacts, Brooker wrote. The relaxation didn't meet the public's expectations, perhaps due partly to overstretched local officials failing to implement directives. This illustrates the dilemma for an authoritarian system that decides to loosen its grip. Like a crack opening in a dam, the suppressed pressure builds quickly. The result is a perilous situation to which the government will need to respond quickly. A swift adjustment that allows people on the ground to feel the promised easing of controls may be enough to defuse this outburst.

The longer the unrest goes on, the more it spreads, and above all, the more overtly it targets the party and Xi, the greater the chance of a severe crackdown that would deal a blow to an already weakened economy and further damage investor confidence, Brooker said. Xi's instincts are to be uncompromising in dealing with any challenge to the party's grip on power. Just look at Hong Kong, which has had the freedom it was promised it could keep for 50 years substantially quashed since anti-government demonstrations in 2019. The risk is that a harsh approach generates its own reaction, trapping the country in a loop of escalating repression and resistance. The Guardian editorial board called it an extraordinary outpouring of

discontent. At first, China's coronavirus strategy allowed most people to get on with life as usual, while other countries struggled with repeated lockdowns or high death tolls, or both. But it has long been clear that elimination is not feasible, and a policy now in its third year is causing increasing frustration and economic damage, leading to a growing number of local COVID-related protests, the board said. Chinese audiences watching the World Cup noted unmasked crowds celebrating and realized that plenty of places, not just the reckless United States, were living happily without such stringent controls. Then Kim reports that 10 people, including children,

had been killed in a blaze while under lockdown in Xinjiang. Video showed a fire engine vainly trying to spray the building from a distance. Officials initially took a relatively hands-off approach, with a few detentions rather than a sweeping crackdown. Extensive surveillance makes later retribution straightforward. But if increased censorship and police presence don't see these protests off, worse may follow. The response in Xinjiang is likely to be harder than in prosperous Shanghai, the board noted. Those calling for looser controls can expect more lenience than those shouting opposed dictatorship. At the local level especially, there may be piecemeal concessions. The party does not rely solely on repression and propaganda, as potent as they are, but also on recognizing people's needs and interests and meeting some of them, even if belatedly and partially. Yet it has increasingly relied on toughness in recent years.

Alright, that is it for the left and right are saying, which brings us to my take. I think it's a beautiful thing. Whenever I flex my American exceptionalism muscles, a beautiful thing. Whenever I flex my American exceptionalism muscles, I'm keen on pointing to other countries that even in 2022 have many fewer freedoms than we enjoy here in the United States. China is one of those countries. This is not to say life in China is bad or worse than the U.S. in many ways. For many people, I'm sure it's better. But it is to say that if you enjoy criticizing your government, choosing your political leaders, or expressing yourself publicly, there are few worse places to do it than cities like Beijing. Which, of course, makes what the Chinese protesters are doing all the more admirable. For the last three years, they've been living through actual

lockdowns, the kinds of draconian COVID-19 policies that were the stuff of American nightmares. Chinese residents were actually locked inside their homes, actually forced into isolation camps when they were sick, and actually forced to take vaccines. None of this was ever going to be tenable. I sincerely doubt China's public COVID-19 numbers are accurate, but even assuming they are, this outcome was predictable. At some point, the world was going to reopen, and a zero-COVID policy would mean a population with far less immunity than the ones around it. Say what you want about the failures of Moderna and Pfizer, but they are significantly better than the Sinovac China forced onto many of its citizens. If China had used Western vaccines, or focused on

vaccinating the elderly, it may have been able to come out of its current posture with less chaos. But it didn't, so it can't, at least not without the outbreaks and high-risk infections we are seeing now. This isn't to paint a picture of a citizenry totally in opposition to the zero COVID policy. Plenty of people outside big cities can see the upside clearly. I'm sure there are residents inside China's biggest cities who are grateful one million people haven't died from or with COVID-19 like they have in countries like ours. But it is to say that the unrest, the outbreak, the tension, it was all predictable. Every single person who has hit the streets in protests is putting themselves at risk of imprisonment, fines, or worse. Whether Xi cracks down on those protesters is not really a question. What's curious is whether he will do it publicly, boldly, and violently, or whether it will happen retroactively and discreetly. Those crackdowns

already appear to be ramping up, with a wave of arrests on Monday and one BBC reporter who was arrested and beaten over the weekend. My fervent hope for the Chinese demonstrators is that they get what they want, an easing of zero-COVID policies. With any luck, a successful demonstration that changes the public policy will lend credence to the viability of a democratic opposition in China. That is a longer-term, fanciful goal. But at the very least, even if they aren't allowed to criticize their government or hit the streets in opposition, the people of China should be able to leave their homes and enjoy the basic freedoms of a day-to-day life. Until then, protesters will and should keep the pressure on. If you are listening to this from China, shoot me an email, isaac at readtangle.com. I'd love to hear from you and what you're thinking.

All right, that is it for my take, which brings us to your questions answered. This was more of a statement from Michael in Wiley, Texas, but I got a few similar notes like this, so I wanted to address it. Michael said, the FBI defines a mass shooting as one where four or more people were killed, not just shot. This definition greatly decreases the number of mass shootings compared to the number you quote in the November 28th edition. The gun control advocates prefer the other definition because it helps them sensationalize mass shootings. For fact-based commentary on firearms ownership, mass shootings, and other firearm-related crimes that affect the gun

control laws, I highly recommend the Crime Prevention Research Center site founded by John Lott. Okay, Michael, so this isn't a question, but it is a similar comment to some of the other comments I got in response to yesterday's newsletter, so I did want to address it. To be blunt, I think the definition I use is a lot better than yours. For starters, just in case there's an implication here that I was somehow misleading our readers or listeners, I was clear yesterday that my definition of a mass shooting was the number of people shot, not the number of people killed. That's what the Gun Violence Archive uses, and I think it is a good benchmark. I'm not sure if you have ever been shot. I can't say that I have. But I imagine the impact of being the victim of a mass shooting and surviving it is a pretty

life-altering event. The argument that we should limit the definition of mass shootings in America to the ones that actually kill four or more people is quite specious to me. I'd argue passionately that surviving being shot in a mass shooting event should not mean you don't count in the tally of people who were victims of mass shootings. In fact, I suggest there's a better argument that people who witnessed a mass shooting without being shot should be counted as victims than there is that people who survived being shot shouldn't. As for Lott, I do agree that a lot of his work in this space is valuable. It's good context to add. But he also has a much less reliable dataset than the one I am citing. This is pretty easy to check. For

instance, he cites just four mass shootings in 2022, which, as you note, are supposed to be defined by four or more people being killed. But when I looked at his data set, he doesn't even include several of the deadliest shootings so far this year. There is no listing of the Club Q shooting, which is now over a week old, where five people were killed, nor does he include the Walmart shooting in Chesapeake, Virginia, where six people were killed. Nor does he include shootings in Highland Park, Illinois, where seven were dead, Heartland, Wisconsin, where six were dead, Sacramento, California, where six were dead, or Raleigh, North Carolina, where five were killed. These are just a few from the last couple months that I briefly cross-checked and did not find in his dataset. In other words,

lots of work on gun and crime and politics is often worthwhile, but his datasets on mass shootings are not as reliable as the ones I am using. And I find the idea that a mass shooting must include four people dying and not four people being shot very unconvincing. Alright, that is it for our reader question, which brings us to our Under the Radar section. Last year, the assassination of Haiti's president set off a new wave of terror across the Caribbean nation. Conditions have plunged to horrifying new lows, with gangs carrying out extreme violence in the streets. Fearing that a humanitarian crisis could spur a mass migration to the U.S., some top Biden administration officials are pushing to send a multinational armed force to the country. The United States doesn't want its own troops included in that force, though,

and they are struggling to convince any other nations to lead the way. The New York Times has this story, and there is a link to it in today's episode description. and there's a link to it in today's episode description. Next up is our numbers section. The number of COVID-19 cases on Monday in China is 40,347. The number of fatalities from COVID-19 that China has reported since the beginning of the pandemic is 5,233. The number of COVID-19 cases with symptoms that China has reported as of November 28th was 315,248. The total population of China is 1.412 billion people. The age of President Xi is 69, and the years he has served as the General secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, is now attend. All right, last but not least, I have a nice day section. This is actually just a reminder to support Double Trellis Food Initiative, DTFI. Remember, you can donate to DTFI directly or

subscribe to Tangle with links in today's episode description, and I will donate 100% of all new Tangle subscriptions we get in the next 24 hours to DTFI. All the funds donated as part of our Giving Tuesday push will go to Feeding the Hungry in Philadelphia and helping support a job training program that they are getting off the ground. Thank you very much. Have a great day. Happy Giving Tuesday. We will be right back here same time tomorrow. Have a good one. Peace. and our social media manager, Magdalena Bokova, who designed our logo. Music for the podcast was produced by Diet75. For more from Tangle, subscribe to our newsletter or check out our website at www.readtangle.com. We'll see you next time. Town follows the story of Willis Wu, a background character trapped in a police procedural who dreams about a world beyond Chinatown. When he inadvertently becomes a witness to a crime, Willis begins to unravel a criminal web, his family's buried history, and what it feels like

to be in the spotlight. Interior Chinatown is streaming November 19th, only on Disney+. The flu remains a serious disease. Last season, over 102,000 influenza cases have been reported across Canada, which is nearly double the historic average of 52,000 cases. What can you do this flu season? Talk to your pharmacist or doctor about getting a flu shot. Consider FluCellVax Quad and help protect yourself from the flu. It's the first cell-based flu vaccine authorized in Canada for ages 6 months and older, and it may be available for free in your province.

Side effects and allergic reactions can occur, and 100% protection is not guaranteed. Learn more at flucellvax.ca.