A crack in the armour of Xi Jinping' China

 It is an incredibly amusing that a crack has appeared in the armour of Xi Jinping's China. The venerable father figure hasd just been returned as the President for the third term and this seismic turmoil  of such magnitude could explode in his face over his zero-Covid measures which involved the prolonged severe lockdowns and quarantine that have exceed the Chinese people's patience and tolerance to a breaking point. Under the Chinese Communists  iron-hand administration there could not be any kind of resistence to the authorities on pain of liquidation. That there could have been such massive of resistence this time over the zero-Covid measures could not only have overawed Xi but could have rattled him deeply. It is also surprising that there was no swooping down on the protesters by the People's Liberation Army to quell the uprising. Could it have been a sudden quirk of conscience that prevailed upon Xi to be more humanitarian which is quite starling that there could still be any wee bit of conscience in a not exactly benign behemoth. Will there be a witch hunt of protest leaders after this?

Sinophiles see an angelic physiognomy in Xi but because they are engrossed with the idolisation of  their hero they are unable to see his fangs even on closer look. The American and Taiwanese leaders are more discerning and the latest anti-Xi demonstrations over his zero-Covid measures could have bestowed some reprieve upon them. in their crusade to deter Xi in his intoxicating desire to reunify Taiwan by peaceful or military means.There iss now probably by devine blessing a dynamic saviour of Taiwan on the horizon. He is none other than a 43 year-old Harvard-trained lawyer named Chiang Wan-an who is the great grandson of General Chiang Kai Shek, the first president of Taiwan after retreating there upon defeat by the Chinese Communist Party. He has a political acument that could surpass his famous ancestors  and he has just been elected as Mayor of Taipei, capital of Taiwan. He is already been overwhemingly acknowledged as the next president of Taiwan to replace outgoing Tsai En-wen. Xi will find him a more formidable adversary than Tsai and with US open pledge of defence support against invasion Xi may not find his quest for Taiwan's reunification a smooth venture without nightmare.