Xi Jinping's zero-Covid turnover shows how much he fears his own people

Since XI Jinping stays in power beyond the usual ten years, he has not only made himself the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao Zedong, but also a dictator -like figure.

But the de facto descent in the zero-covid policy and the administration of the funeral of the former leader Jiang Zemin show that he still feels insecure.

With all the pretext that China perfects the management of covid restrictions, since Omicron is less fatal than previous variants, only a few are overlooked the reality.

What has changed is not the virus, but the outbreak of public anger against a policy that Mr. XI proclaimed as a demonstration of the superiority of the Leninist system of China.

Protests against Covid restrictions that included Mr. XI's resignation clearly surprised him.

They triggered a three-dimensional reaction: Suppress the protests, use digital technologies to intimidate further protests, and remove the most outrageous covid restrictions that have led to protests. You will keep Mr. XI in power, but will not make the Chinese safer.

The popular leader who fears the people

Mr. XI's uncertainty was so great that he could not risk preventing a state burial for Jiang Zemin, who died shortly after the protests were deprived. Mr. XI is not ready to risk that a physical event is kidnapped to articulate your anger, and is "the leader of the people" who fears people.

Both events raise a fundamental question: Is China a better place for its citizens and a better member of the international community by the Mr Xi's power accumulation?

By insisting on the zero-Covid approach, long after others have learned to live with covid and used enormous resources to put people under quarantine instead of vaccinating the old ones and building the healthcare system, he has brought China into the worst possible situation.

He has imposed more stricter restrictions on people and still stops the most endangered people to the devastating virus.

This reflects a pattern of political mistakes that are in a sharp contrast to the rule of the China Communist Party in front of him.

Whatever you think of the KPCH, she avoided political mistakes under a collective leadership that triggered an questioning of her rule law after the unrest in 1989. Such an questioning has now arisen after Mr. XI has replaced collective wisdom by his own.

The zero-covid policy, which also throws back the economy, is an extreme case-there are other examples. Mr. XI has also weakened the vitality of China's entrepreneurial and dynamic private sector.

By unleashing "wolf warlike diplomats", he has transformed a world that supports China's modernization into a world that is deeply concerned about its return.

By insisting on supporting Vladimir Putin's invasion in Ukraine, he has a unique opportunity for China to play a global leadership role through peace brokerage. The list continues.

By making himself a dictator for himself and forcing China to take a Chinese-centrical turn, Mr. XI took the scope to defend himself against insistent guidelines such as zero-covid.

his turn to nationalism has made China a greater threat to world peace, especially with his obsession, Taiwan.

The best interests of the Chinese people and the world require that the former ensure that XI does not become a Putin figure with much greater destruction.