Xi Jinping Must Now Face the Spectre of Mass Unemployment in China.

A situation far from ideal for him as the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party will take place at the end of 2022.

The strict lockdown of Shanghai, the Chinese economic capital, has been the reason for many Chinese dreams in the last few weeks. An example among many others is that of Mrs. Yang. This 39-year-old woman finally took the plunge at the beginning of 2022 after twenty years of working for others. She had decided to start her hairdressing salon.

Her salon wa…