Minxin Pei is professor of government at Claremont McKenna College and a nonresident senior fellow of the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
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Xi Jinping has a tough decision to make on China's COVID protests
Ending lockdowns and cracking down would both have high costs
People hold up white sheets of paper as a mark of protest in Beijing on Nov. 27: Ongoing anti-lockdown demonstrations target China's top leader and his policy. (Photo retouched for security reasons) © Reuters
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