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The rare display of public anger, with some protesters directly criticizing Mr. Xi and the Communist Party, alarmed Mr. Xi and his inner circle, the officials and advisers said. Keywords: leder;wsjworld;photo-news;Political/General News;Respiratory Tract Diseases;Global/World Issues;Health;Medical Conditions;Outbreaks/Epidemics;Politics/International Relations EN leder wsjworld photo-news Political/General News Respiratory Tract Diseases Global/World Issues Health Medical Conditions Outbreaks/Epidemics Politics/International Relations N.PAG N.PAG 1 01/11/23 20230105 NES 230105 A wave of protests coupled with urgent pleas from many corners of the government finally prodded the leader to scrap the strict lockdown system he had touted throughout the pandemic BEIJING - By the end of an otherwise triumphant Communist Party Congress for Xi Jinping in October, it was growing harder for China's leader to argue that his zero-Covid policy was working. [Extracted from the article] Copyright of Wall Street Journal (Online) is the property of Dow Jones & Company Inc and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)