Commentary
The Chinese regime has been on the rise ever since former President Richard Nixon’s “opening” of China in 1972. Some of the accomplishments of the Chinese—as heavily subsidized by foreign investment over the years—were discussed in part I of this two-part series.
The complete reversal of Xi Jinping’s zero-COVID policy has exposed both the unscientific incompetence and also the geopolitical vulnerability of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The CCP’s relentless propaganda about its “rightful claim” to domestic and world leadership is increasingly being undermined as Chinese and foreigners alike are experiencing and observing the explosion of COVID-19 infections and deaths in China since the zero-COVID policy was dropped like a hot rock in December last year….