Mr Qi responds in kind. there are many police here, but none of them will lay a hand on you, they are protecting you, he tells the protesters. then he makes a veiled threat: leave now, while you can go home safely. he growls “don’t shout” when the young man calls out: “beijing’s police chief has heard what we have to say!” at last, his officers shoo everyone away.

those present pivoted between mocking officers and declaring their love for china.

anger over the zero-covid policy matters because the party has no good options for assuaging it. china cannot lift covid controls quickly without risking chaotic waves of infection.

境外势力懂中国人民吗，那还是懂一些的。
境外势力懂ccp吗，那必然是不懂的……