The recent protests in China against Jinping’s Zero Covid Policy have taken a different shape. The inherent conflagration is also directed against Jinping’s authoritarian continuance as the premier of China undermining the sensitivity of the common public. The citizens have for the first time come out openly against Xi and have raised voices of dissent demanding the ouster of the obdurate leader immediately – ‘Go Back Jinping’ is the slogan on the streets of Beijing that has alarmed Xi in as much that he resorted to curb the ongoing peaceful demonstration by brutal force.
Amidst thousands of protestors put behind the bars, the police have descended on the streets to brutally curb any voice of dissent that is indirectly aimed at Jinping. Although the demonstrations are largely peaceful, the Beijing authorities appear to be too wary of its ramifications because of its inherent origin and direction.
In the meanwhile, many international organisations have described it as a violation of human rights. The New York-based rights group ‘Human rights watch’ (HRW) has strongly deplored the actions of Beijing while advising the Chinese Government to respect the fundamental rights of the people who were on the course of peaceful agitation. The rights group also demanded the immediate release of all innocent protestors who are now illegitimately languishing in various jails.
Citizens in China distrusts Jinping
The unprecedented protests against the controversial zero-COVID policy organised in different cities in China may also be due to the Chinese people’s “distrust” of President Xi Jinping’s regime. This was echoed by Australia’s former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
Rudd said that it was more than just Covid-19 restrictions. The protests, which came nearly a month after President Xi was elected as the ruling party’s top leader for a third consecutive term, have spread to Shanghai, Beijing and many parts of the country in the last few days against the stringent policy under which cities and localities are kept under prolonged lockdowns and isolations.
“There is an argument that this is now a metaphor for a much broader set of, shall we say, distrust on the part of the Chinese people about different aspects of what Xi Jinping’s regime is doing. The key question is what the regime does next.
Since 1989, Beijing’s Tiananmen Square demonstrations have been rare
Since 1989, when Beijing’s Tiananmen Square became the focus of large-scale protests which were crushed by China’s Communist rulers, demonstrations have been rare, said Rudd, who is regarded as an expert on Chinese studies.
There have been occasional protests over labour rights and land disputes, along with sporadic demonstrations over human rights that have been suppressed.
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The United Nations has censured China for coercing peaceful agitations
On the other hand, the United Nations (UN) on Monday urged China to respect the right to peaceful protests in the country. The UN asked the Chinese government not to detain people just for participating in the peaceful agitation, as Beijing tries to control the nationwide series of protests and demonstrations.
“We call on the authorities to respond to protests in line with international human rights laws and standards. No one should be arbitrarily detained for peacefully expressing their opinions,” news agency AFP quoted UN Human Rights Office spokesman Jeremy Laurence as saying.
The real ire is against Xi-Jinping
The underlying reality of the recent agitation lies on the premise that the majority of the citizens have displayed their ire at Xi-Jinping regime on the premise of Covid-19 restrictions and this is going to escalate in the days to come – Jinping is very much aware of its flagrant intensification and would curb it with all might in his hold.
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