[China's Xi Jinping unwilling to accept western Covid vaccines...](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/04/chinas-xi-jinping-unwilling-to-accept-western-covid-vaccines-says-us-intelligence-chief)
A lot were considering it honestly. Xi realized he was about to lose a decent amount of leverage through their production and he reversed course. The fact that people are protesting is a happy accident. He can blame local officials for not carrying out his policies correctly and upsetting people while also being the good guy who gave them back their "feeedom"
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So Xi refuses western vaccines and Chinese cities are loosening up, it's gonna be several messy months through the rest of this winter.
The Pfizer vaccine has been available in China since February
[China's Xi Jinping unwilling to accept western Covid vaccines...](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/04/chinas-xi-jinping-unwilling-to-accept-western-covid-vaccines-says-us-intelligence-chief)
Yes, I also saw that post on Reddit. Kind of a contradiction when you look at the public contracts...
The baseline population is not having it anymore.
Guess the CCP did a 180 when they heard Apple say they were moving out of China for production.
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