01/01/2023
As President Xi of China fights to save his dignity in the wake of the Covid U-turn, his hold on power has eroded.
In his new year's address on Saturday, China's leader Xi Jinping assured his people that it is on "the right side of history." However, analysts have cautioned that the president begins 2023 reduced because to his disorderly U-turn on Covid policy.
Even if public displays of opposition are stifled, he may have trouble deflecting blame for the human and economic consequences of zero-failure Covid's and controlling the national narrative.
China has reported slightly over 5,200 fatalities from Covid, but the picture painted by the communist party's normally effective propaganda machine is at odds with the reality reflected in social media posts and tales from all around the country.
