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Prioritised policies and politics ahead of economics. he's not afraid to take risks that the economy will suffer and his covid zero strategy is a prime example of that. this can be seen in the elevation of this man, who is to become china's premier, second to president xi. it's a huge promotion and this is a man who has been responsible for enforcing lockdowns in shanghai. that promotion sends the clearest of messages on zero covid. but while the politics of this makes sense to president xi, zero covid comes at a cost. in the words of this leading economist, zero covid has "slowed the country'...

This puts china out of sync with the rest of the world's covid strategies, but with underperforming vaccines and concerns about its health service, zero covid remains, as does the pressure it creates. this was a rare anti—lockdown protest last week in tibet. but president xi talks about the people's war to stop the spread of the virus and argues: translation: people's lives come first. we will not waver in. our zero covid policy. and that commitment connects to something fundamental about president xi's leadership. xijinping has consistently prioritised policies and politics ahead of economi...

Zero covid remains, as does the pressure it creates. this was a rare anti—lockdown protest last week in tibet. but president xi talks about the people's war to stop the spread of the virus and argues: translation: people's lives come first. we will not waver in. our zero covid policy. and that commitment connects to something fundamental about president xi's leadership. xijinping has consistently prioritised policies and politics ahead of economics. he's not afraid to take risks that the economy will suffer and his covid zero strategy is a prime example of that. this can be seen in the eleva...

Top to give us a little warning so we could readjust our plan. so that was definitely a big fear. >> so it was moment to moment. >> second to second. >> did you ever think at any moment, oh, we've lost this. we're never going to -- >> there were a couple times where i definitely doubted it. i'm telling you, what got me through was i saw officers i had worked may whole career. i trusted, i would see them, lockize. i knew if they were there, it would be okay. >> what do you think of this place when you see and you come into the capitol? >> i mean, i definitely think about that day, the importanc...

We were afraid that people would come from behind. that we would be fighting on two fronts. i told everybody, i don't know how many people are upstairs. i knew there were thousands out there and they wanted to get in. we're not letting them in. it seemed they were some of the most violent people in that crowd, were right here. it all got concentrated right at these doors. >> did you think if they came around, they would surround you guys? were you worried about -- >> absolutely. >> being trapped? >> absolutely. i sent a couple officers to the top to give us a little warning so we could readjus...