Despite the difficulties china is having with Covid-19, Chinese leader Xi jinping is unwilling to accept Western vaccines, and while recent demonstrations there are not a threat to Communist party rule, they could harm his personal standing, according to US director of National Intelligence Avril Haines on Saturday. Despite the fact that China's daily Covid instances are close to all-time highs, several localities are moving to relax testing and quarantine requirements in response to Xi's zero-Covid policy, which precipitated a severe economic slowdown and widespread dissent.
Even though the virus has a negative social and economic impact, Xi "is unwilling to take a better vaccine from the West and is instead relying on a vaccine in china that's just not nearly as effective against Omicron," according to Haines, speaking at the annual Reagan National Defense Forum in California. The narrative that he wants to advance—that china is incredibly more effective at running the country—is being refuted by protests and the responses to them, according to Haines.
In addition, she added, "How it develops will be critical to Xi's standing. It's, again, not something we regard as being a threat to stability at this point, or regime change, or anything like that." china has chosen to use domestically produced Covid vaccinations instead of any imported ones, which some studies have suggested may not be as effective. Therefore, researchers warn that loosening virus preventive methods could have significant consequences. china has not requested immunizations from the United States, the white house claimed earlier in the week.
Even though the virus has a negative social and economic impact, Xi "is unwilling to take a better vaccine from the West and is instead relying on a vaccine in china that's just not nearly as effective against Omicron," according to Haines, speaking at the annual Reagan National Defense Forum in California. The narrative that he wants to advance—that china is incredibly more effective at running the country—is being refuted by protests and the responses to them, according to Haines.
In addition, she added, "How it develops will be critical to Xi's standing. It's, again, not something we regard as being a threat to stability at this point, or regime change, or anything like that." china has chosen to use domestically produced Covid vaccinations instead of any imported ones, which some studies have suggested may not be as effective. Therefore, researchers warn that loosening virus preventive methods could have significant consequences. china has not requested immunizations from the United States, the white house claimed earlier in the week.
