Commentary
Protests are spreading in China because of extreme COVID-19 lockdowns, employer and bank failures, rationing of food and sanitation, and Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s attempt at an unprecedented third term as leader.
Thinking About China
Opinion
China Lockdown Protests Grow
Protests against CCP lockdowns could overthrow the regime
A man rides a bicycle on a street seen through a fence of a compound in lockdown during a COVID-19 lockdown in the Jing'an district in Shanghai on May 19, 2022. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images
Anders Corr
Author
Anders Corr has a bachelor’s/master’s in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea” (2018).
