Zhou was a Tiananmen Square protester who was sentenced to a year in prison.
He believes that the roll back of zero-COVID measures is a sign of weakness.
Zhou was in tears as young protesters took to the streets.
A man who helped organize the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989 and survived the Chinese government's brutal suppression of the protests says that Chinese president is showing weakness.
Zhou said that Xi's willingness to walk back on elements of his zero-COVID policy shows that he's not always right. Zhou was sent to a re-education camp for his role in the Tiananmen Square protests after being imprisoned by the Chinese government.
It's difficult to say what the outcome of the protests will be. Zhou told Newsweek that there was some easing of the zero-COVID policy.
The students and youths who are railing against the Chinese government are becoming masters of their own fate, Zhou said.
Zhou, a survivor of the Tiananmen massacre, said he was in tears while watching the protesters chant "endCCP" in Shanghai.
Hundreds of Chinese students were killed when the Chinese government suppressed the Tiananmen Square protests. The Chinese government has never fully acknowledged the protests.
Zhou left the country in 1995 and is now living in New York.
Zhou told Newsweek that the Communist Party's hold over the people appears to be unchanged.
China's president still has complete control over the Chinese Communist Party. Zhou said that the system can't deal with surprises because his underlings aren't willing to take initiatives without explicit instructions from the leader.
The zero-COVID system is over. Zhou said that he is still entrenched at this point.
There have been protests in every major Chinese city and some coke restrictions have been lifted. People were carrying sheets of blank paper at the protests. Protesters clashed with the police in Guangzhou on Tuesday night, despite the fact that many of the protests had stopped.
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