is a massive, i mean massive police presence right now in beijing. iin fact, it started overnight. and it was designed, it appears to prevent a repeat of the previous evening which, of course, saw rare and open dissent against president xi jinping ongoing covid restrictions. that response protests erupted against 17 provinces over the weekend. demonstrators calling for an end to the constant pcr testing and lockdowns; however, the chinese government, as you pointed out, steve, isn t backing away from the zero covid drive. in fact, in shanghai in beijing, police there have stopped and searched people at sites of protests after crowds there and in other chinese cities demonstrated against the stringent anti-covid-19 measures. as for the white house s view of the ongoing unrest why is the white house s line that everybody has the right to peacefully protest and not the