The United States on Nov. 28 took aim at Beijing’s strict COVID-19 curbs after mass protests broke out across the country over the weekend, saying the policy is not sustainable in the long term.
But some Republicans have criticized the White House’s response as not sending a strong enough message to the Chinese Communist Party.
“[W]e think it’s going to be very difficult for the People’s Republic of China to be able to contain this virus through their zero COVID strategy,” a White House National Security Council spokesperson told The Epoch Times.
Over the past few days, mass protests have broken out in at least 10 Chinese cities from Beijing to Shanghai, amounting to the largest display of civil disobedience the tightly-controlled communist country has seen in decades….