How (un)popular is China’s Communist Party?

archive.today webpage capture Saved from no other snapshots from this url 23 Jan 2025 14:51:55 UTC All snapshots from host www.economist.com WebpageScreenshot sharedownload .zipreport bug or abuseBuy me a coffee Skip to content Menu Weekly edition The world in brief Search Subscribe Log in China | Matters of opinion How (un)popular is China’s Communist Party? As the economy falters and the social compact frays, Xi Jinping wants to know photograph: getty images Jan 23rd 2025 Share C hina’s announcement on January 17th that its economy had grown by an estimated 5% in 2024, right on target, was greeted with widespread disbelief on the country’s social media. “It feels unreal—everything around me seems so bleak,” wrote one netizen. “The folks at the statistics bureau worked hard,” said another. On Weibo, a microblogging platform, more than 240 comments were posted below state television’s summary of the gdp news. Only a handful remained visible, suggesting that most had failed to meet

archive.today webpage capture Saved from no other snapshots from this url 23 Jan 2025 14:51:55 UTC All snapshots from host www.economist.com WebpageScreenshot sharedownload .zipreport bug or abuseBuy me a coffee Skip to content Menu Weekly edition The world in brief Search Subscribe Log in China | Matters of opinion How (un)popular is China’s Communist Party? As the economy falters and the social compact frays, Xi Jinping wants to know photograph: getty images Jan 23rd 2025 Share C hina’s announcement on January 17th that its economy had grown by an estimated 5% in 2024, right on target, was g