The “most severe test” for President Xi since he took power: The latest on China’s anti-lockdown protests
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 30 November 2022
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Protesters clashed with riot police last night in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, part of a string of demonstrations across the nation against the government’s so-called zero-COVID policy. The restrictions are causing economic hardship and sparking anger over stringent lockdown policies. The unrest in China illustrates the simple but profound fact that ideas change the world. My purpose today, however, is less to focus on China’s cultural challenges and more to warn that abandoning the biblical worldview is a threat to America’s future as well.
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Author: Jim Denison, PhD
Narrator: Chris Elkins
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| 0:00.0 | This is Chris Elkins with the Denison Forum, and today is Wednesday, November the 30th, 2022. |
| 0:10.1 | Welcome to the Daily Article podcast. Today's article is written by Dr. Jim Denison, |
| 0:15.5 | former Chinese president, Jiang Zemin, the communist leader who ruled China after the 1989 Tiananmen swear protests, |
| 0:24.6 | and presided over a decade of rapid economic growth, died today at the age of 96. |
| 0:30.3 | His death and memorial ceremonies to follow come at a perilous moment in China. |
| 0:35.9 | Protesters clashed with riot police last night in the southern |
| 0:39.3 | city of Guangzhou, part of a string of demonstrations across the nation against the government's so-called |
| 0:46.3 | zero-COVID policy. The restrictions are causing economic hardships and sparking anger over stringent |
| 0:53.6 | lockdown policies. |
| 0:55.2 | Protests began last Thursday after a deadly fire at an apartment building in Jinjiang province. |
| 1:01.6 | Videos appear to show that lockdown measures delayed firefighters from getting to the victims, |
| 1:07.6 | at least 10 of whom died. |
| 1:09.5 | Protests in China are typically directed at local officials. |
| 1:13.3 | The current demonstrations, however, are aimed at the Chinese Communist Party and President |
| 1:19.2 | Xi Jinping. The Washington Post calls the protests arguably the most serious and widespread unrest |
| 1:26.5 | since the 1989 Tenement Square pro-democracy demonstrations. |
| 1:31.7 | They're being described as the most severe test for President Xi since he took office. |
| 1:37.8 | CNN has verified 23 demonstrations so far across 17 Chinese cities, |
| 1:47.7 | including the capital Beijing and the financial center, Shanghai. |
| 1:56.7 | Yesterday, Chinese University sent students home and police fanned out in Beijing and Shanghai to prevent more protests. |
| 2:09.1 | Top health officials did acknowledge the impact of their zero COVID policies and pledged to reduce inconvenience to the public by lifting lockdowns as quickly as possible following outbreaks. |
| 2:13.0 | However, this may not be enough to appease the protesters. |
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