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Optimistic about Lee Zeldin's victory over New York Governor DeSantis went to New York to canvass votes
Reporter : Li Zhaoxi / Editor: Lin Qing / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/10/29/a103562906.html
Image : Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. (Octavio Jones/Getty Images)
As the midterm elections (8 November 2022) approach, New York State's early voting began on Saturday (29 October 2022) and lasted until 6 November 2022. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is campaigning for Republican gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin in New York on 29 October.
Most opinion polls show a shrinking gap between Lee Zeldin and incumbent New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. A poll by Co/efficient last week even put Lee Zeldin ahead by 0.3 percentage points.
DeSantis, the top campaign fundraiser, will join Lee Zeldin at the campaign headquarters in Hauppauge, Long Island's Suffolk County, on the first day of early voting in New York state at 7.30 pm local time. (Get Out the Vote) rallies to encourage voters to actively vote.
DeSantis, a well-known political figure and one of the potential candidates for the 2024 presidential election, has raised the most money for himself of any potential presidential candidate, and among all major politicians in the country, his net approval rating Highest.
In the evening of the 27th, during a town hall event on Fox News, DeSantis said he believes the Republican Party will win the seats in the many contested gubernatorial and senatorial races in the midterm elections. "The red wave is so strong," he predicted a Republican governor for Deep Blue New York.
"I really have to say, New York, we'll probably elect, I think we're going to elect a Republican governor, Lee Zeldin," DeSantis said.
DeSantis urged every Republican voter to get out and vote. "If we all do this, I think this will be one of the best midterm elections of our lives".
Lee Zeldin's campaign also announced on 28 October that Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin will join Lee Zeldin at a rally in Westchester County at 1 pm on the 31st. In 2021, Republican Youngkin was elected governor of Virginia, turning the dark blue state of Virginia into a red one.
In recent weeks, Mr. Lee has also closed the gap when it comes to raising capital. In the final round of campaign documents released before voting closes on 8 November, Hochul reported $5.95 million on hand, compared with $5.85 million for Lee Zeldin. Hochul has maintained a huge advantage before.
Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" in the morning of the 28th that Democrats were "a little worried" ahead of the midterm elections.
Polls show voters are increasingly focused on the economy and believe Republicans are better at handling it than Democrats. A recent Morning Consult/Politico poll found that 93% of voters are concerned about inflation and 75% of Democrats say the economy will play a role in their voting decisions. 46% of voters trust Republicans in their ability to deal with inflation, while 37% trust Democrats.
A joint poll by the Trafalgar Group/Convention of States Action found that 58.9 percent of respondents believed a Democratic Congress would hurt the economy.
Psaki expressed concern about how those polls could affect the midterm elections. "Democrats are a little worried about what's going on right now and have felt worse over the past week or so." She pointed out that President Barack Obama and President Biden were both on the campaign trail a few days ago and they wanted to cheer for Democrats.
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Republicans are fiercely fighting for victory in mid-term elections are fiercely fighting. Republicans: If they win the House of Representatives, they will be tougher against the Communist Party
Reporter : Jin Shi / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/10/29/a103562527.html
The U.S. mid-term elections are less than two weeks away. Some American media revealed that if the Republicans retake the House of Representatives, they will be tougher on the CCP.
In Georgia, Republican candidate and former football player Herschel Walker is making a run for the Senate seat. Many Republican heavyweights have come forward to stand for him.
Veteran Republican Senator Cruz: "I'm here for my friend who's going to be a great senator representing Georgia, the great Herschel Walker."
Walker, a staunch supporter of former President Donald Trump, emphasized his Christian faith during the campaign, but was also embroiled in an abortion scandal.
Accuser Jane Doe: "Herschel Walker said he was against abortion for women, but he pressured me to have one."
Walker insisted that the scandals were a political attack on him.
In Pennsylvania, another key swing state, Democratic Senate candidate Feltman's performance in the only debate raised questions about his health.
Senator Fettman of Pennsylvania: "I know that five months after a stroke, it's not that easy (to run for an election), in fact, I think it's unprecedented in the history of American politics."
Feltman's supporters worry, however, that the health condition will cost him some middle voters.
Pennsylvania Voters: "He didn't look comfortable answering questions."
In Wisconsin, Democrat Lieutenant Governor Barnes is challenging incumbent Senator Ron Johnson, a Republican. The two are in a stalemate, and the confrontation is becoming increasingly fierce.
Lieutenant Governor Barnes, Democrat of Wisconsin: "He (Johnson) said if women don't like Pennsylvania laws like the 1849 Abortion Act, they can move out. In 13 days, women in this state can Let Ron Johnson go."
Senator Ron Johnson, Republican of Wisconsin, said: "I reiterate that I am running because our country is in danger. We are at an inflection point where there is a party that is pushing us down the path of socialism."
The U.S. midterm elections are less than two weeks away, when all 435 seats in the House of Representatives, 35 of the 100 Senate seats and 36 gubernatorial seats in the 50 states will be up for re-election.
Multiple polls show that, unsurprisingly, the Republicans will regain control of the House of Representatives. This also means that the CCP will face more tough policies from the US House of Representatives in the next two years. The Republican Party has already stated that after retaking the House of Representatives, it will set up a special committee to comprehensively confront the CCP in various fields.
News (3) to (5) / Reporter : Zhao Fenghua / Editor : Gao Jing / https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/22/10/28/n13854788.htm /
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Thai independent press refuses CCP buyover: Democracy and freedom are priceless
Image : On 26 October 2022, Thailand's Sam Yan Press issued a statement exposing the details of a mysterious "Chinese businessman" asking for 2 million baht to close the publishing house. (Sam Yan Press Twitter)
On 26 October 2022, Thailand's Sam Yan Press issued a statement condemning the intimidation, harassment and bribing attempts of independent media by powers. And exposed the details of the mysterious "Chinese businessman" asking the publishing house to close with an offer of 2 million baht. The statement called on the news media and the international publishing sector to stand up to resist the erosion of democratic freedoms by the CCP's power.
The statement said that Sam Yan Press, founded in 2017, aims to spread values such as democracy, freedom and human rights to Thai society, many of which are criticisms of China's authoritarian regime.
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Offered at 2 million baht, must be closed before the 20th National Congress
The open letter mentioned that in May 2022, Sam Yan Press received an email from the local private detective agency "Sky International Legal", claiming that Chinese businessman Huang Chengde offered to acquire the agency. The agency thought it might be a scam and ignored it.
In September, the private detective agency visited the residence and monastery of the publisher's founder, Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal, uninvited. In addition, members of the agency received calls and more information from the agency urging deals.
"This poses a serious threat to our independence, security and freedom of expression. Therefore, we have decided to meet with the agency in person in the hope of finding out what is going on," the open letter said.
The letter said it was learned after the meeting that the proposal called for Sam Yan Press to close and provide them with a formal certificate of dissolution to demonstrate their influence in Thailand. In exchange, they will give the agency 2 million baht in cash.
According to Radio Free Asia, the private detective agency had repeatedly urged to complete the transaction before the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China during an interview with the person in charge of Sam Yan Press.
"Although we have always been a small, independent, student-run media outlet, we have stood by our core values," the open letter said. "We have firmly rejected this proposal, making it clear that we will not be included for money."
According to a picture posted on Twitter by Sam Yan Press, Huang Chengde said he "needs to have a good relationship with the Chinese government," but he is not a Chinese government official or a member of the Communist Party.
Huang Chengde's guarantee
"We are relieved that this shows that the Chinese authorities have recognized our work and seen the potential power of the truth we have been seeking," the open letter said. "In the beginning, we were afraid to tell the truth out of fear for our own safety. However, we can no longer remain silent about the encroachment of media rights and freedom of expression by power."
The open letter pointed out that Sam Yan Press would not give in to the threats and inducements of the CCP, and condemned the harassment, intimidation and unscrupulous manipulation attempts of dissidents. The letter also calls on all news media and international publishing sectors to stand up against censorship and manipulation attempts by the powerful.
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Commentary: CCP censorship extends overseas
In its report, Radio Free Asia quoted Ken Wu, vice president of the Los Angeles branch of the FAPA agency (Taiwanese Public Affairs Association), as saying that what the CCP fears is either coercion or inducement. Purchasing Sam Yan Press may be a conspiracy of the CCP.
Wu Zhaofeng expressed his support for Sam Yan Press to stand up and speak out: "Organizations like Sam Yan that promote democracy, freedom and human rights, the Milk Tea Alliance and the anti-tyranny movement promoted by the CCP are rejected by a dictatorial and totalitarian country like the CCP."
He believes that the CCP's speech censorship has extended overseas, and "totalitarian countries will not only control freedom of speech within their borders, but also extend their clutches overseas to completely eliminate the forces that affect their stability."
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Trump congratulates Musk on Twitter acquisition: "Wise people" take over
Reporter : Li Qingyi / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/10/29/a103563092.html / Image : Video Screenshot
After Tesla founder Elon Musk officially acquired Twitter on 28 October 2022, he immediately fired a number of former Twitter executives. Former U.S. President Donald Trump posted on his social media platform congratulating Musk on his acquisition of Twitter; however there were wait-and-sees and skepticism.
In response to Musk's completion of the Twitter acquisition, Trump wrote in a post on the 28th: "I'm glad that Twitter is now in the hands of the wise and no longer run by radical left lunatics and lunatics who truly hate our country. Twitter must now try to get rid of all the bots and fake accounts that are doing it serious harm. I love the truth!"
Trump's Twitter account was banned in the wake of the January 6 incident in the U.S. Congress, 2021. Musk accused Twitter of making a wrong and stupid decision.
The outside world is concerned about when Musk will unblock Trump's Twitter account and whether Trump will return to Twitter. Although Trump did not say whether he would return to Twitter, he has stated that he will continue to use his social media platform.
Stephen Scheeler, former CEO of Facebook Australia/New Zealand: "From a high-level perspective, the top three social media platforms in the world, one is Chinese-controlled (Tiktok) and the other is Facebook and one is controlled by Musk (Twitter).”
After many twists and turns for half a year, Musk finally completed the Twitter acquisition this week. He's committed to making Twitter a platform for public opinion and has formed a content moderation council of "diversified viewpoints," and he told advertisers that in the future, Twitter only needs good ads.
TechCrunch Contributing Editor Mike Butcher: "As for taking the reins and flying the birdie on Twitter, that's also making advertisers nervous. It remains to be seen how he's going to address that."
The first step in all reforms is to delist Twitter and privatize it. Twitter will be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange on 8 November 2022, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Trump holds second Texas rally ahead of mid-term elections
Reporters : Yi Yongqi and Ma Hailian from Robstown, Texas / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/10/29/a103563157.html / Image : Video Screenshot
On Saturday, on the eve of the November mid-term elections, Trump held his second rally this year in Texas to cheer on Republicans he supports.
Thousands attended. On the eve of the mid-term elections, in Robstown, a small town 18 miles northwest of Corpus Christi, Trump held his second rally in Texas this year, with thousands in attendance.
The rally began at 4 pm that day, and many Trump supporters took the stage to speak. Including Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, and Thomas Homan, former director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. A number of Republican candidates who participated in the November mid-term elections and were endorsed by Trump also took the stage including Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Congressmen Ronny Jackson, Michael Cloud, candidate Wesley Hunt and more.
Trump's team said all 33 Trump-backed Republicans won the primaries in the March primary, heading into the November general election. The mid-term elections this November will affect the political trend between Republicans and Democrats in Congress, state governments, county governments and local governments.
Trump arrived at the venue at 7 p.m. "I'm so excited to be back in Texas with the proud, hard-working, patriotic Americans of the great Texas. We love you!"
In the next two hours of speech, Trump touched on a variety of content. Including Texas's economy-dominant oil and gas industry is restricted by the federal government, open border policies have led to tens of millions of people from more than 100 countries crossing the border illegally, human trafficking and drug dealers are rampant, fentanyl drugs are rampant, Texas' Crime in Houston, Dallas and Austin has worsened at record levels.
TRUMP: "When the Republicans take control of Congress, our first priority is to fully restore every single Trump border security policy."
Trump accused the current administration of turning the United States into a police state, arresting anti-abortion activists, persecuting political opponents, and suppressing dissidents.
Trump: "It's like coming directly from a communist country. I used to say socialism, but now I've crossed over. Now it's not socialism, it's communism."
Trump also said the rights of parents should be protected, critical racial theories should be removed from schools and the military, parents have the right to choose schools other than public schools, men should be banned from participating in women's sports, and teachers should be banned without parental consent from teaching transgender values to students.
Trump also talked about election fraud, telling supporters in the field that voting in-person on Election Day, 8 November, is one way to prevent vote fraud.
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Xi Jinping deliberately cites speculation that 3 of the secretariat secretaries are police chiefs
Reporter : Luo Tingting / Editor: Wang Anping / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/10/30/a103563342.html / Image : Chinese Communist Party police patrol near the Great Hall in Beijing on 10 March 2022. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
习近平用意引猜测 书记处书记中3人是警察头子
Although Xi Jinping was re-elected at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, he repeatedly emphasized "safety", and among the secretaries of the 20th CPC Central Committee, three of the members of the Secretariat of the 20th CPC Central Committee were rarely police chiefs, causing concern. The outside world has questioned that in the future, Xi Jinping will not only "govern the country by the police," but also "govern the party by the police."
The members of the 20th Central Secretariat include Cai Qi, Shi Taifeng, Li Ganjie, Li Shulei, Chen Wenqing, Liu Jinguo and Wang Xiaohong. Three of them are police chiefs, including the national security chief Chen Wenqing, the public security chief Wang Xiaohong and the former deputy minister of the Ministry of Public Security Liu Jinguo.
The Political and Legal Committee is known as the "knife handle" and is responsible for maintaining stability for the CCP; while the Secretariat of the Central Committee is the office of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and its Standing Committee, responsible for daily party affairs. The Free Asia column article "Night Talk Zhongnanhai" said that Xi Jinping wants to implement "police governance of the country" and that's all, should he also implement "police governance of the party"?
US online media Axios reported that Alex Joske, a senior researcher at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, believes that this is the first time the Chinese Minister of State Security has entered the CCP's top decision-making body, revealing the importance the Party Congress attaches to national security issues.
Joske predicts that the CCP will devote more resources to the security field, and security-related operations will expand.
The article stated that in the previous Central Secretariat, if there was at most one police chief, and whether in the Central Secretariat, the Political Bureau of the Central Committee or the State Councilor, these "police chiefs" were not from professional police backgrounds, such as Zhou Yongkang, Meng Jianzhu, Guo Shengkun, Zhao Kezhi, etc. were all "halfway monks", and were transferred from the position of provincial party secretary to the minister of public security and directly assumed the title of chief police inspector.
However, among the 20th Central Secretaries, the three "police secretaries" were all police officers for decades, and climbed up step by step from ordinary police officers at grass-roots police stations or heads of grass-roots public security bureaus.
However, among the three, only Chen Wenqing has a bachelor's degree. The other two, one was a "Party School Undergraduate" degree, the other was a "Party School Correspondence" degree, both belong to the type of official diploma.
In the evening of 28 October, the official website of the Political and Legal Committee of the Communist Party of China announced that Chen Wenqing had been transferred from the Minister of State Security to the Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
Epoch Times columnist Wang He told NTDTV on the 29th, "In the past, the Minister of Public Security of the Communist Party of China was promoted to Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, but this time Chen Wenqing, Minister of State Security, was appointed Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, which broke the CCP's practice in recent decades."
Xi Jinping emphasized "security" many times in his report to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and there is a special chapter on national security, which mentions "regime security", "system security" and "ideological security".
Wang He analyzed: "Chen Wenqing previously served as the executive deputy director of the Central Security Committee. With this qualification, coupled with his national security background, let him be the secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, which shows that this is Xi Jinping's measure to strengthen security."
China's National Security has the spy function of espionage internationally and internal surveillance of the people. Current affairs commentator Yue Shan told NTDTV on 29 October that Xi Jinping's promotion of Chen Wenqing and Wang Xiaohong not only strengthened the function of the "knife handle" of the political and legal system, but also released the signal of "spy running the country".
He analyzed that the Political and Legal Committee used to be the coordinator of various internal stability maintenance units of the CCP. Now Chen Wenqing, the head of national security, has joined the Political Bureau and concurrently serves as the Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, which shows that the nature of this institution has changed.
He believes that in the next step, Xi Jinping will use the Political and Legal Committee to expand and strengthen the governance of the country by secret agents, which is a manifestation of state terrorism.
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The home port of the Russian Black Sea Fleet was attacked by drones
Editor : Lu Yongxin / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/10/30/a103563373.html / Image : The picture shows the Zaporozhzhia nuclear power plant on 29 October 2022, from Priniprovsk, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. Ukrainian forces have carried out a massive drone strike on Russia's Black Sea Fleet in the Crimean port city of Sevanborg, according to Russian officials. Russia has accused British troops of being involved in the attack, an allegation denied by the British Ministry of Defence. (Carl Court/Getty Images)
According to reports, a large-scale drone attack on the home port of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol damaged a ship. Russia has accused Ukraine of doing this and, without providing evidence, accused the British navy of assisting in the attack, which the British Ministry of Defence denies.
Sevastopol is the largest city in Crimea. The Russian navy has repelled the latest attack, which he said was the "biggest" attack on the area since February, said Mikhail Razvozhaev, the Russian-appointed head of Sevanburg.
He said that all the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) used by the other side for the attack have been shot down, and no civilian infrastructure has been damaged.
A black-and-white video without soundtrack shared by Ukrainian media on Sky News shows unmanned boats attacking Russian ships in Sevastopol but the authenticity of the video could not be verified.
Videos circulating in Ukrainian media show the use of unmanned boats. Senior Russian officials said nine drones attacked, BBC News reported.
Russia said it was targeting ships used a month ago to export grain from Ukrainian ports under an international agreement; hours later, Russia announced it was suspending the agreement to allow Ukrainian grain exports to be exported.
The Crimea peninsula was annexed by Russia in 2014 and has a special symbolic meaning for Russian President Vladimir Putin. But in recent weeks, there have been multiple attacks on the island of Kerk, which is home to large numbers of Russian troops.
The Russian Defense Ministry also said at least one ship was slightly damaged, and without providing evidence, accused British naval experts of helping Ukraine prepare for the attack on the 29th.
The Russian side also stated that the British Navy was also “involved in planning, organizing and executing the terrorist operation in the Baltic Sea on September 26 this year, which destroyed the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipelines.”
In response, the British Ministry of Defence responded that "the Russian Ministry of Defence is spreading disinformation to distract attention from their disastrous performance in the illegal invasion of Ukraine."
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Taiwan, missiles and spies top priorities in Xi Jinping's new term
Reporter : Li Li / Editor: Lin Qing / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/10/29/a103563027.html
Xi Jinping, who was re-elected at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, led the new Politburo Standing Committee members to conduct a field inspection in Yan'an City, Shaanxi Province. Yan'an is the place where Mao Zedong and the Communist Party started, so this time The expedition is considered to have symbolic significance and has attracted attention from all walks of life.
The Washington Post published a commentary, arguing that Xi Jinping, who was in power, stood in the cave where Mao Zedong once stayed, and emphasized to the team he just formed (members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China) to "carry forward the spirit of Yan'an", "to be loyal, diligent and dedicate," describing the Yan'an Spirit as "pioneering self-reliance and hard work," showing Xi Jinping's desire to maintain the same "fighting spirit" he did in the 1940s.
The commentary believes that Xi Jinping's plans and plans for the next term can be seen from the qualifications of the members of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China elected at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. In response to the pressure from the United States and its territorial claim to Taiwan, Xi Jinping first appointed his subordinates based on the development of advanced military technology; secondly, he promoted military generals with military combat experience to deal with the strategy of planning to capture Taiwan; finally, he broke the rules and promoted the Chinese Minister of State Security entered the Politburo to monitor and purge domestic opposition forces by espionage, infiltrating and confronting various foreign pressures.
At the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Xi Jinping stressed that China faces severe challenges, believes that security issues and economic issues are unified, and called for "solidarity" to overcome difficulties. The meeting gave Xi Jinping a monopoly on power, ousting his political opponents, and promoting 13 of the 24 Politburo members, most of whom had close personal ties to Xi and others with security and military-technical expertise or experience.
Among them, Ma Xingrui, Zhang Guoqing, Li Ganjie, Liu Guozhong, and Yuan Jiajun have all worked in the CCP's state-owned military enterprises, responsible for China's rapid catching up with the United States in the field of space flight, and expanding the military's arsenal, conventional missiles and nuclear missiles.
Yuan Jiajun, the current party secretary of Zhejiang province, who studied aerospace technology in Germany, led a program that sent the first Chinese astronaut into space in 2003. Liu Guozhong majored in the design and manufacture of artillery system fuses at East China University of Science and Technology, and later worked in China's earliest bomb and missile factory.
Neil Thomas, a senior China analyst at Eurasia Group, said the promotions reflected Xi's emphasis on technology and innovation, aimed at breaking free from Western constraints on core technologies.
Another major issue for Politburo appointments is Taiwan, among the two dozen Central Committee members, 15 have some kind of ties to Taiwan, or used to manage commercial ties across the Taiwan Strait (this is the CCP's soft infiltration policy toward Taiwan), Or directly as an army general, responsible for military affairs on the east coast.
Wu Guoguang, a senior research scholar at the Stanford Center for China Economy and Institutions, said Xi stressed that he carried on the tradition of Mao Zedong, "under his leadership, just like under Mao Zedong in the 1940s, the party will be able to get whatever they want. ".
Wu Guoguang believes that despite China's growing global influence, Xi is still concerned that slowing growth and close ties to Western industrialized economies will weaken the party's grip on power.
Wu Guoguang served as an adviser to reformist Communist Party leader Zhao Ziyang in the 1980s until his Tiananmen protests in 1989. "Xi Jinping is ambitious. In his own words, he wants China to dominate the world, and for that, China needs to be stronger."
The promotion of He Weidong, commander of the Eastern Theater Command, shows the direction of Xi Jinping's policy on the Taiwan issue. He Weidong, 65, has jumped from more than 370 members of the Central Committee to a member of the Politburo.
Zhang Youxia, 72, has passed the unofficial retirement age of 68. Xi has retained Zhang Youxia and appointed him as the first vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China. Analysts believe that it is because Zhang Youxia participated in the Sino-Vietnamese War in 1979 and has actual combat experience.
Shen Mingshi, director of national security research at the Taiwan-based think tank the Institute for National Defense and Security, said the personnel changes appeared to show Xi Jinping was "impatient" with Taiwan.
Another decision that broke the rules was the appointment of Chen Wenqing, Minister of State Security. Chen Wenqing was promoted from Minister of State Security of the Communist Party of China to Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and became a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. This is the first time the head of spyware has been a member of the Politburo since China's Ministry of State Security was established in the 1980s. Chen Wenqing is Xi Jinping's main operative to purge corruption and rivals.
Wu Guoguang, a scholar at Stanford University, said the promotion showed that Xi's Communist Party "spy came to power," like the KGB in the Soviet Union. "It now appears that Xi Jinping really wants to use the system to control social power, and to play a role in monitoring political elites and foreign relations," he said.
Hong Yaonan, a China studies scholar at Tamkang University in Taiwan, said Xi's emphasis on security reflected the plight of his highly centralized rule. He dubbed it the "Mao Zedong Trap," where Xi Jinping either needs to strengthen internal controls like Stalin, or pursue frenzied nationalism and aggression.
“As Xi Jinping is at the center of a smaller and smaller decision-making circle, it becomes easier and easier to make the wrong decision,” Hong Yaonan said.
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