'The authorities will step up control': where next for China after protests?

After mass demonstrations against Covid lockdowns, experts say Xi Jinping's response will be a further gradual crackdown Since Xi Jinping came to power a decade ago, China's Communist party has enacted a sweeping crackdown on civil society. Independent NGOs have been shut down, journalists and human rights lawyers arrested and outspoken media tamed. Meanwhile, the government has invested heavily in a massive surveillance system to keep track of citizens' movements and activities. Given their emp...