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Reuters
Reuters
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By Martin Quin Pollard

EXPLAINED: When chinese protesters came up against xi s security machine - The Real Truth

Police officers stand near demonstrators taking part in a protest over the freezing of deposits by some rural-based banks, in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China May 23, 2022, in this screengrab taken from a video obtained by Reuters. Handout via REUTERS

Jack Yao, a Chinese Communist Party member, never wanted to be an activist.

Having escaped rural poverty and joined Beijing's middle classes through decades of study and work, he saw himself as a patriotic poster child of the party's successful rule.

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