A former Chinese diplomat who turned whistleblower in 2005 believes that the massive protests across China may be a significant turning point for the country.
Protests have erupted across the mainland over the weekend, triggered by a deadly high-rise apartment fire in Urumqi, the capital city of China’s far western Xinjiang region, reportedly killing 10 people.
Chen Yonglin is a former senior diplomat who was stationed at the Chinese consulate in Sydney, Australia. His job included monitoring Chinese dissidents before he defected 17 years ago. He has since exposed the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) infiltration tactics in the West.
“China is in the midst of a major turning point as Xi Jinping does not want to abandon his ‘zero-COVID’ policy, which could lead to big changes,” Chen told the Chinese language edition of The Epoch Times on Nov. 28….