Yanzhong Huang, a Chinese health policy expert based at US think tank, The Council on Foreign Relations, says the protests in China represent a “tipping point” for Covid-related dissent in the country.
Speaking to the BBC, Huang says that though there is no indication the Chinese government is ready to give up its zero-Covid strategy, there have already been some loosening of Covid restrictions in Urumqi, where protests took place on Friday.
But Huang says that even if local governments decide to change course on the policy in response to protests elsewhere, it will still have to address the rapid surge in Covid cases nationwide.
Source: BBC