Zero COVID artificially and unnecessarily created the perfect condition for a political thunderstorm that could shake the ruling legitimacy and control mechanism of the party-state.
China is stepping into the muddy waters of the Russia–Ukraine conflict to protect its interests in the rivalry between Russia and the West, writes Alexander Korolev (UNSW).
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