Opinion by David Ignatius: Xi didn’t explain or apologize — he just changed course. That illustrates his shamelessness and erraticism, and how important it is for the U.S. and China to establish guardrails so that misunderstandings don’t become disasters.
. “There followed a fortnight of political indecision … about the degree of suppression that would be tolerated to bring protesters back under control.”on Dec. 8. China’s National Health Commission announced an end to automatic lockdowns, mandatory testing, and strict travel and quarantine rules. Evidently, Xi realized that the lockdowns — while failing to halt the virus — were freezing the country’s economy and jeopardizing his legitimacy as leader.
The conference report’s language “could indicate a relaxing of heavy-handed measures that have punished the Chinese tech sector,” according to a Pamir report this week. The financial markets certainly think so. Shares of Chinese technology companies have risen sharply recently.Xi’s December turnabout was sensible enough; many of his left-wing policies should never have been adopted in the first place.
What are the lessons for the Biden administration? First, it is clearer than ever that Xi is an agile autocrat; his sense of self-preservation kicked in last month as he was nearing a precipice. Second, even in Xi’s police state, the Chinese can still exercise “people power” when they dare to use it.
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