While recent anger and unrest over COVID restrictions are not a threat to Communist Party rule, they could affect President Xi Jinping's personal standing, U.S. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said.
People line up to take a nucleic acid test for the coronavirus disease , near a residential compound in Beijing, China December 3, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu WangWASHINGTON, Dec 3 - Chinese leader Xi Jinping is unwilling to accept Western vaccines despite the challenges China is facing with COVID-19, and while recent protests there are not a threat to Communist Party rule, they could affect his personal standing, U.S. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said on Saturday.
"Seeing protests and the response to it is countering the narrative that he likes to put forward, which is that China is so much more effective at government," Haines said. China has not approved any foreign COVID vaccines, opting for those produced domestically, which some studies have suggested are not as effective as some foreign ones. That means easing virus prevention measures could come with big risks, according to experts.One U.S. official told Reuters there was "no expectation at present" that China would approve western vaccines.
Haines also said North Korea recognized that China was less likely to hold it accountable for what she said was Pyongyang's "extraordinary" number of weapons tests this year.
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