Correspondent in Asia
“Don’t be afraid to be naive.” The post is making the rounds on the Chinese internet, accompanied by a pair of thick black-rimmed glasses dear to late President Jiang Zemin. Chinese protesters defying Xi Jinping’s “zero Covid” strategy have found an unexpected and unchallenged hero, dismantling censorship and erasing the stature of the most authoritarian leader since Mao. hijacking the earthly formula from his predecessor, whose funeral takes place on Tuesday. In Beijing under high security conditions, the day after China’s largest demonstrations in Tiananmen Square.
“You are too young, too naive” Jiang launched in 2000, a bright-eyed call to Hong Kong journalists to emulate the rigor of their American counterparts in a casual conversation full of flavor. A familiarity that contrasts with the powerful coldness of Xi, who harshly lectured Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that he…
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Source: Le Figaro
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