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Xi Jinping is said to have suffered a stroke! CCTV urgently releases the "closing footage" of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee
Editor : Chu Tian / Source : Sanli News / https://www.aboluowang.com/2024/0718/2080975.html
The Communist Party of China held the 20th Third Plenary Session in Beijing on 15 July 2024 but the leader Xi Jinping did not show up at the venue for two days. The leader was elusive, and the official media Xinhua News Agency only published a long feature on the 15th to flatter Xi, saying that Xi was an "outstanding reformer" after Deng Xiaoping, but the article was removed from the shelves about one day after it was published. As a result, Xi Jinping was rumoured to be ill and had a stroke and needed to rest for half a year. CCTV finally released the picture of Xi Jinping attending the meeting at night of 18 July 2024.
Foreign media General MCNews published an article on X saying that according to the reporter's report, Xi Jinping was rumoured to have suffered a stroke. However, the news has not been confirmed. There are also rumours that Xi Jinping slipped and injured when he stepped down after delivering a speech at the Third Plenary Session of the 18th, that caused a stroke and he was required half a year of rest.
Zhao Lanjian, a former CCP media person who was forced to go into exile in the United States, also posted a Weibo circle of friends of a retired second-generation red in the People's Liberation Army, which stated that "it is said that my second uncle had a stroke when the group held a shareholders' meeting, and the backbones of the group were in chaos."
Zhao Lanjian also revealed that he posted the screenshot to X and it quickly received millions of views. However, the screenshot did not mention Xi Jinping at all, and the content seemed like an ordinary story. However, a large number of CCP cyber troops led the trend and jumped out to deny that Xi was in poor health, which made him think that this was actually "covering the truth".
Cai Shenkun, an expert on CCP issues, said that the CCP has always kept the health of its leaders very secret, and now the news of the Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee is even more secretive. If Xi Jinping is really ill or even has a stroke, the news will be strictly controlled and will not be leaked.
However, CCTV released the footage of Xi Jinping attending the Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee in the evening "News Network" program, including dialogues with officials at the Jingxi Hotel and listening to reports at the Great Hall of the People. However, CCTV did not specify whether the news footage was from the first day of the meeting or today's closing ceremony. However, after the anchor read out a long list of meeting highlights, a piece of music was specially played, and a long shot of the CCP emblem was close-up, which was suspected to be a metaphor for the closing ceremony of the meeting. However, the outside world does not know whether it is true or not.
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Gossip! The "Chairman" of the Third Plenary Session suddenly had a crooked mouth? Cai Tou does not allow shareholders to take photos
Reporter : Sun Ruihou / Editor : Zhongkang / https://www.aboluowang.com/2024/0718/2080889.html
The Communist Party of China is holding the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee. Former Chinese media person Zhao Lanjian revealed that a second-generation red had revealed to him that there might be major abnormalities at the Third Plenary Session, and Xi Jinping might suddenly suffer a stroke or cerebral infarction at the meeting.
According to China Watch, Zhao Lanjian revealed that on July 15, he received a message from a friend inside the wall, a second-generation red who had served in the army and had retired, through a third-party software. The information provider was not an ordinary person, but a retired second-generation red. Although the information seemed ordinary on the surface, the sensitive censorship of WeChat aroused Zhao Lanjian's vigilance.
Zhao Lanjian analyzed these two pictures: one was a screenshot of Professor Zhang Ming's circle of friends, "Big things, let the bullets fly for a while", and the other was a WeChat user "Ruwowowen" suggesting that the Politburo of the Communist Party of China had a cerebral infarction during the meeting. These information seem to have no sensitivity, but the ban on WeChat has increased its added value, showing that the dissemination of information is artificially monitored.
From a professional perspective, Zhao Lanjian judged that the background of the dissemination of the news of Xi Jinping's cerebral palsy and stroke was not ordinary, and it is very likely that Xi Jinping had physical problems in Beidaihe. He believes that the intervention of the CCP propaganda department has verified the authenticity of the information. If Xi Jinping is in good health, he only needs to appear on TV, and there is no need to manually intervene in the spread of information to eliminate rumors.
Apollo.com reported that on 18 July 2024, the well-known independent commentator Cai Shenkun said on the X platform that yesterday a senior Chinese media person sent me a voice message saying: Old Cai, you can come back at the latest next year. I replied: Brother, you are too optimistic! Unexpectedly, this senior media person got anxious and called me, saying that I might not pay much attention to domestic information. This time, there is a high possibility of a stroke. He has not been rescued yet. I said that I saw many people on X spreading this news, but I still don’t believe it. This expectation is beautiful, but the whole court is full of mediocre and evil people. If Xi really has a stroke and dementia, it is still unknown who will have power. Maybe China will face a greater disaster.
In the screenshot sent by Cai Shenkun, it is mentioned that it is rumoured that Xi Jinping is very likely to have a stroke. It is reported that at the meeting chaired by Cai Qi yesterday, Xi Jinping waved his fist and shouted slogans in high spirits after finishing his speech. The major shareholders followed suit and all employees responded together. The atmosphere was very warm. However, at this moment, Xi Jinping's mouth suddenly tilted and he fell on the table. The scene was in chaos, and the shareholders rushed Xi Jinping to the hospital. Cai Qi immediately ordered that all shareholders and employees were prohibited from taking photos and required that the photos taken be deleted immediately. Even the company's brand promotion camera was seized.
Rumours about Xi Jinping's health problems intensified during the Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee. Although the authenticity of the information is difficult to determine, its spread and reaction show the tension within China. Regardless of whether the rumors are true or not, this incident has attracted widespread attention from the public and public opinion. Hong Kong party media "Sing Tao Daily" reported that the closing ceremony of the Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee will be held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing this afternoon. After the voting agenda, Xi Jinping will make a speech on the implementation of the spirit of the plenary session. The official Chinese Communist Party was also expected to release the "Conference Communiqué" in the evening.
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The name of the party leader appears only 6 times. The communiqué of the Third Central Committee was accused of "empty words"
Reporter : Cheng Jing / Image : Before the Third Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee, Jiangsu’s officialdom became a key target of Xi Jinping’s administration. The picture shows on 7 March 2024, in the West Hall of the Great Hall of the People, the meeting of the Jiangsu delegation of the National People’s Congress of the Communist Party of China ended. (Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images)
The Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China concluded on Thursday (July 18) and the "Meeting Communiqué" was issued. The outside world noticed that the name "Xi Jinping" appeared 6 times. Analysts believe that the "Communique" did not release any economic stimulus measures, and it is all empty talk. It would be appropriate to take this communiqué from five years ago. The author seemed to be lying flat.
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Xi Jinping’s name appears less frequently, and the “Communique” is full of empty words
The Third Plenary Session of the Communist Party of China issued a 5,000-word communiqué on Thursday, setting the tone for "comprehensively deepening reforms and advancing Chinese-style modernization."
The statistical bulletin found that "Xi Jinping"'s name appeared 6 times, which was less than the 9 times in the bulletin of the Second Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee held last year. It was also in sharp contrast to the high-profile praise of Xi Jinping as a "reformer" by the state media before the meeting.
However, on 17 July 2024), this article praising Xi Jinping as a "reformer" basically disappeared from Baidu. (Extended reading: Four people were removed from office at the Third Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Qin Gang had a "soft landing"?)
In this regard, Du Wen, former legal adviser to the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Government, told Radio Free Asia: "This plenary session focused on the party and made less mention of him (Xi Jinping). This is just an indirect and direct issue, and it can be regarded as balancing some kind of dissatisfaction." .
The statement "We must adhere to Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the important thought of 'Three Represents', and the Scientific Outlook on Development" that disappeared from the communiqué of the Second Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee returned to the communiqué of the Third Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee this time.
Du Wen also said, “I just read the communiqué of the Third Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and I feel that it is no different from what we had expected, and there are no bright spots or specific measures.
"The communiqué emphasized opening up, the people, the rule of law, and environmental protection, including dealing with issues such as the real estate crisis and local debt. It was very broad, but it was all empty talk, lacking specific measures and clear direction, and there were no good measures."
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Bulletin writer "lying flat"? "This communiqué would have been appropriate even if it was obtained five years ago."
The communiqué calls it "increasing domestic demand, ensuring social security, improving medical care, wealth distribution, etc." Analysts point out that these reform goals have often appeared in Beijing’s official documents in the past few years and there is not much newness.
Currently, China's economy is in a weak state. A series of thorny issues such as local debt, real estate crisis, aging population and difficulty finding jobs for young people, coupled with geopolitical tensions, have left many Chinese people lacking confidence in the future.
Whether the Third Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee will introduce reform measures to revitalize the economy has attracted widespread attention.
However, Shi Heling, a professor at the Monash University Business School in Australia, told VOA that the entire content of this communiqué is "disappointing" and may reveal new economic ideas on how to boost Chinese consumer confidence, deal with external challenges such as the flight of foreign capital, etc. Important directions are missing.
He said that the writer seemed to be "lying flat" and not thinking at all.
Shi Heling said: "It is appropriate to read this communiqué five years ago. That is to say, it does not make macroeconomic adjustments (aimed at) the economic problems China is facing now, but is like a philosophical article, basically It’s just a cliché.”
Shi Heling said that although Xi Jinping has called out a new vision of "Chinese-style modernization" to highlight his differences with previous CCP leaders, its substantive content is empty. For example, the so-called "modernization" should refer to improving people's lives. and freedom, but the communiqué did not provide any specific definition that could be publicly commented.
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The frequency of "reform" is as high as 52 times. Investment circle: The communiqué is unclear
However, in the 5,000-word "Communique", the word "reform" appears as many as 52 times, and "opening" only 12 times. The communique also vowed to "complete the reform tasks set forth in this decision" by 2029, the 80th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
In this regard, Shi Heling said that this is a new milestone, but there is also a lack of specific implementation plans.
According to the message data of a certain Chinese investor in a WeChat group obtained by Voice of America, none of them seem to be interested in the communiqué. One investor also left a message saying: "I don't know what to do after reading (the communiqué)." Another investor said One person even sarcastically said: "After reading it, just applaud, that's the only thing I can do."
The "Communique" also emphasized "the need to uphold the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee in further comprehensively deepening reforms." However, many analysts believe that the so-called "party leadership" is "Xi's leadership" and expands Xi's power.
Du Wen said, "What is more practical is that a direction has been determined, which is to further strengthen the party's leadership and give Xi Jinping and the Communist Party greater power."
But this "direction" cannot save the economy. Ye Yaoyuan, chair professor of international studies at the University of St. Thomas in the United States, analyzed for VOA that under the framework of "Xi Thought", the economic discussion of this communiqué is difficult to find new ideas, even if it repeatedly touts the "socialist market" Economic system" cannot save China's economic decline.
Ye Yaoyuan bluntly said that Xi Jinping's economic reforms are "reversal reforms", such as the advancement of the state and the retreat of the private sector, and the control of foreign investment, which have severely damaged the market economy.
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The communique of the Third Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee revealed six unusual features
Reporter : Zhou Xiaohui / Editor : Pushan / Image : Many commentators pointed out that we should not have any illusions about the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)
The Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was held in Beijing from 15 to 18 July 2024. In the afternoon of the 18th, the official media of the Communist Party of China published the communiqué of the Third Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Judging from the content of the communique, it is still the same routine as before. It first "fully affirms" the work since the Second Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, speaks highly of the so-called "successful practices and great achievements" of comprehensively deepening reforms since the new era, and then talks about "further comprehensively deepening reforms" in the future. The direction, aspects and paragraphs are elaborated in detail, including "continuously deepening the reform of national defense and the army." The overall feeling is that they are basically clichés and party talk.
However, when compared with the communique of the Third Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee and the Second Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, there are still several unusual things.
1. It is unusual for the communique not to mention "Xi Thought" when affirming the work of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.
The communiqué affirmed the work of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee since the Second Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee: "The Political Bureau of the Central Committee conscientiously implements the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Party and the First and Second Plenary Sessions of the 20th Central Committee, and completely, accurately and comprehensively implements the new development concept. Adhere to the general tone of the work of seeking progress while maintaining stability..." There is no mention of Marxism, Maoism, Deng Theory, etc., especially Xi Thought.
However, the communiqué of the Second Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee clearly mentioned "Xi Thought" when affirming the work of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee since the First Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee. The specific statement is: "The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee fully implements the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the First Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee." The spirit of the Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee...and comprehensively implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era..."
The affirmative part of the communiqué of the Third Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee stated that the Political Bureau of the Central Committee "holds high the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics" and adheres to Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, "Three Represents", the Scientific Outlook on Development, and Xi Jinping Theory. Thoughts guide...
From the communiqué of the Third Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee in February 2018, which affirmed the work of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, all doctrines and ideologies were mentioned, to the communiqué of the Second Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee in February 2023, which only mentioned Xi Thought, and then to the current Third Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee Not mentioning anything is obviously abnormal. So, what principles, ideas, and theories have guided the work of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee for more than a year?
Perhaps, a possible reason is that the CCP is actually not satisfied with the work of the Politburo over the past year, which is not what the outside world thinks. No one denies that the CCP is currently facing internal and external difficulties. Externally, there are decoupling and sanctions imposed by the United States and Europe and other Western countries. In particular, the visa sanctions imposed by the United States on CCP officials have hit their vital points, making it impossible for them, their spouses, and children to go to the United States for business, tourism, or immigration. , go to school; internally, the economy is severely involution, with many local governments unable to make ends meet, unemployment rates skyrocketing, incomes decreasing, consumption downgrading, public dissatisfaction boiling, and social hostilities serious. If the CCP admits that it has achieved such "achievements" under the guidance of certain doctrines, ideas, and theories, it will undoubtedly slap itself in the face and tell the people that these doctrines, thoughts, and theories are actually rubbish and cannot solve China's current situation at all. The problem.
If there were such voices at the Third Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and they were directed at the leader of the Communist Party of China, then the communiqué would have to delete the expression "implementing Xi Thought" when affirming the work as usual.
2. The communiqué only mentions "the Party Central Committee with Xi Jinping as the core" at the end as usual, but it is missing from the text, which is unusual.
Whether it is in the communiqué of the Third Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee or in the communiqué of the Second Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, except for the ending, which is the same as this communique, "closely unite around the Party Central Committee with Xi Jinping as the core", there are also words in the text. This statement: "Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Xi Jinping at its core..."
Why does the communiqué of the Third Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee lack such an expression? What changes have occurred within the Chinese Communist Party?
3. The communique does not mention Marxism, Maoism, Deng Theory, etc. when affirming the work, but it clearly mentions it when emphasizing further comprehensively deepening reforms.
When emphasizing "further comprehensively deepening reforms," the communiqué stated that we must adhere to the contradictory Marxism-Leninism, Maoism Thought, Deng Theory, Three Represents, and the Scientific Outlook on Development, implement Xi Jinping Thought, and "in-depth study and implement Xi Jinping's principles on comprehensively deepening reforms." A series of new thoughts, new perspectives, new judgments, etc. This type of statement can also be seen in the communiqué of the Third Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China when it mentioned deepening the institutional reform of the Communist Party of China and the country. However, by the Second Plenary Session of last year, it became "must be guided by Xi Thought" and was not seen at all. other.
Why such a change after one year? What went wrong within the Chinese Communist Party? Does this mean that Xi Thought is not enough to promote the CCP’s further deepening of reforms? Are there people in the CCP using other theories and ideas to question Xi?
4. The communiqué emphasizes "the need to uphold the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee to further comprehensively deepen reforms", which is different from the past and seems to be weakening Xi Jinping's authority.
Although this communique mentioned that we must deeply understand the decisive significance of the "two establishments", strengthen the "four consciousnesses", strengthen the "four self-confidences", and achieve "two safeguards", it emphasized that "we must adhere to the Party Central Committee's Centralized and unified leadership for further comprehensively deepening reforms."
When the "Four Consciousnesses" and "Four Confidences" were mentioned in the communiqué of the Third Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee, the emphasis was on "resolutely safeguarding the authority and centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee with Xi Jinping at its core." The Second Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee The communiqué of the plenary session stated in the same paragraph that "consciously unify thoughts and actions with the decision-making and deployment of the Party Central Committee, and resolutely safeguard the authority and seriousness of the decision-making and deployment of the Party Central Committee." Previously, it was also stated that "socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era must be based on Xi Jinping's new era" Thoughts as the guide and to strengthen the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee as the command."
Obviously, the Party Central Committee can be one with Xi as the core, or it can be a Party Central Committee with multiple checks and balances on power. What does such a change indicate?
5. It is unusual for the communique to mention "maintaining the unity and unity of the party."
When the communiqué mentioned deepening the study and education of party discipline, it said that it was necessary to "maintain the unity and unity of the party", while the Second Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China said that "consciously unify thoughts and actions into the decision-making and deployment of the Party Central Committee", as stated in the Third Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. It is "united around the Party Central Committee with Xi as the core, unified thinking and unified action."
Although it is said that the CCP is not united within the CCP and its ideas are not unified, this communiqué is obviously more straightforward.
6. The communique still refers to Qin Gang as "comrade", accepts his resignation, removes him from his position as a member of the Central Committee, and does not impose any other punishment, which is also unusual.
Judging from the reported charges against Qin Gang, it seems that the top leaders of the CCP gave him a very light punishment and even admitted that he was a "comrade." This situation can only be due to two reasons: 1. The top management treats him leniently for some reason. 2. Qin Gang is indeed dead, and he may have written a resignation application before his death. According to the unwritten rules within the CCP, dead officials will no longer be held accountable for their crimes, and they will even be given some dignity. Judging from the information the author has learned, the latter is more likely.
The above-mentioned anomalies in the communiqué of the Third Plenum of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China seem to indicate that some major events occurred during the closed-door meeting that are unknown to the outside world. Xi's authority is most likely to be seriously challenged, and events may be occurring within the CCP that may trigger changes.
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Beijing reiterates ban on overseas teaching materials in primary and secondary schools. What is the CCP afraid of?
Reporters : Ning Haizhong and Luo Ya / Editor : Li Muen / https://www.epochtimes.com/b5/24/7/17/n14292436.htm / Image : The picture shows middle school students in China, data map. (Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images)
Beijing recently issued a document stipulating that compulsory education schools are not allowed to use overseas teaching materials, and ordinary high schools are generally not allowed to use overseas teaching materials. In the past few years, China’s State Council and Ministry of Education have frequently issued similar requests. Experts who have taught in mainland universities said that this reflects the CCP’s fear that brainwashing students will be ineffective and that it will not be able to control people.
According to reports from Chinese media such as CCTV and Beijing News, the Beijing Municipal Education Commission issued a notice on the issuance of "Implementation Rules for the Selection of Teaching Materials for Primary and Secondary Schools in Beijing." The list of schools with standards and independent selection of textbooks in each district of Beijing is required to be reported to the municipal education administration department for record.
The Beijing Municipal Education Commission stated that textbooks for compulsory education schools and ordinary high schools in Beijing must be selected from the textbook catalogs issued by the education administration department of the State Council and the education administration department of Beijing Municipality (unless otherwise stipulated by the state).
The official also stated that "compulsory education schools are not allowed to use overseas teaching materials; general high schools are generally not allowed to use overseas teaching materials. If they are indeed needed, they will be implemented in accordance with relevant national and Beijing policies."
Over the years, many places in China, especially "prestigious schools" located in first-tier cities such as Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Beijing, prefer to use teaching materials from overseas regions such as Hong Kong, especially English courses. For example, "Cambridge International Children's English". Some Chinese parents believe that this move may limit diverse perspectives and be unfavorable for students to develop an international perspective.
In fact, the Chinese Communist Party’s official ban on the use of overseas teaching materials has been repeatedly reiterated in recent years.
In July 2019, the "Opinions on Deepening the Reform of Education and Teaching to Comprehensively Improve the Quality of Compulsory Education" published by the State Council of the Communist Party of China mentioned that the use of unapproved teaching materials is strictly prohibited. Compulsory education schools are not allowed to introduce overseas courses or use overseas teaching materials.
In 2020, the Ministry of Education of the Communist Party of China issued four measures: "Measures for the Management of Textbooks for Primary and Secondary Schools", "Measures for the Management of Textbooks for Vocational Colleges", "Measures for the Management of Textbooks for General Colleges and Universities" and "Measures for the Management of Overseas Textbooks Used by Schools", mentioning overseas textbooks "Select according to needs, review all selections, use them for my own use, and strictly control them." It clearly stipulates that compulsory education schools are not allowed to use overseas teaching materials. However, such as Sino-foreign cooperative education institutions or projects, and general high school overseas courses approved by provincial education administrative departments, can use overseas teaching materials.
In 2021, the Chinese Communist Party forcefully promoted the "burden reduction" policy in the education field and rectified the teaching aid industry, causing heavy losses to domestic and international investors and creating a large number of unemployed people. Relevant regulations also mention that schools are not allowed to use unexamined overseas teaching materials without authorization, and training institutions are strictly prohibited from providing overseas education courses. The authorities have also included "Xi Jinping Thought" as a compulsory course in primary and secondary schools.
Li Yuanhua, a former associate professor at Capital Normal University, told The Epoch Times that the ban on overseas teaching materials reflects the panic of the CCP’s ideological collapse.
He said that because the CCP’s teaching materials are actually a kind of brainwashing material. The CCP itself knows that it has made up many lies. If it uses overseas teaching materials, it promotes universal values, human rights, and democracy. These concepts are inconsistent with the needs of the CCP’s autocratic centralization. "Of course the CCP is afraid. It wants to firmly control the brainwashing materials."
Li Yuanhua believes that this was also the case when the CCP rectified the so-called foreign-funded primary and secondary education. At that time, many domestic bilingual schools or schools that directly taught in foreign languages were also suppressed.
"It even renovates the libraries of primary and secondary schools and purges out books that do not conform to its autocratic and centralized ideology. This reflects its inner weakness. It is afraid that it cannot control people. It is afraid that primary and secondary schools will not be deceived by it since they were young, and there will be nothing they can do in the future. .
In May this year, the Ministry of Education of the Communist Party of China announced the so-called "Standardized Management Year" campaign for basic education, claiming that it would focus on rectification from the bottom line of safety, disordered daily management, and loss of teacher ethics, but the most emphasis was on political security. The document also lists a list of 12 strictly prohibited behaviors. The first item is "It is strictly prohibited to use words and deeds that are anti-party and anti-socialist, vilify the image of the party and the country, slander the party and country leaders or heroic models, and split the country." The rest of the list is general school safety and the prohibition of bullying.
In an interview with The Epoch Times at that time, Li Yuanhua bluntly stated that the CCP’s education was “politically obsessed.” What the CCP is most concerned about is whether its deception education can be in place.
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Chinese people’s psychology has changed dramatically, and the CCP is in “garbage time”
Image : On 26 May 2020, there were riot police in an armed police vehicle at the exit of Beijing South Railway Station. (The Epoch Times)
Mainland China today is a bit like the end of the Cultural Revolution. No matter how much the CCP officials brag about themselves every day, various opposition and curse voices among the people continue to rise. Social problems have emerged one after another, and Chinese people’s views on the CCP regime have changed.
When the CCP focused on regime security, its policy design deviated from the track of economic development. The private economy, which provided employment opportunities for the majority of the population, was considered a security loophole and was suppressed. However, the CCP made every effort to build the so-called "new economy" with the purpose of "strengthening the country". "quality productivity", but it cannot boost domestic demand and employment. There is currently no solution to China's real estate crisis. People's wealth has shrunk significantly, foreign capital has withdrawn in large numbers, and the economy has collapsed.
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Unemployment, random killings, student depression running high
Since the epidemic, the employment rate of fresh graduates in mainland China has been deteriorating. According to the "2024 College Student Employability Survey Report" released by Zhaopin Recruitment last month, only 48% of fresh graduates received informal employment notices, a decrease of 2.4 percentage points from the same period last year.
Image : On 10 August 2023, in Wuhan, Hubei Province, college graduates participated in a job fair. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)
CCP China’s official unemployment data shows that the unemployment rate in May was at a relatively low 5% but unofficial data tells a different story.
Kanzhun.com, a listed company that owns China's largest online recruitment platform Boss Direct Recruitment, stated in its annual report that the average monthly number of Boss Direct Recruitment users increased by more than 47% last year; another talent recruitment website Liepin reported that in the first half of last year, overseas applicants The number of job seekers increased by 92.9%.
The CCP’s official unemployment data also does not cover the large number of unemployed people who have returned to their hometowns in rural areas. Data shows that in 2022 and 2023, about 10 million of China’s 300 million migrant workers will leave the construction industry.
Crime rates are also rising in mainland China. Last year, the number of cases accepted by Chinese courts increased by nearly 16% compared with the previous year. The top five crime types included dangerous driving (up 15%), theft (up 18%) and fraud (up 33%).
This year, there have been many random killings in mainland China, targeting not only Chinese people, but also Americans and Japanese. Some netizens counted 9 cases that occurred after July 2 alone, in which at least 9 people died and many were injured.
The murderers are also becoming younger and younger. In March this year, a student who failed the exam drove his car into a group of students in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, killing three people and injuring 16 others.
On July 5, a primary school student in Xindi Village, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, stabbed his grandfather several times in the heart with a knife because his grandfather refused to recharge his game. The grandfather's blood spurted all over the boy.
Mr. Yang, a small business owner in Jinhua, Zhejiang, told The Epoch Times that the current domestic economy is relatively poor and the hostility is high. It seems that everyone has become a little numb. There are more violent incidents now, and people die in the country basically every day. A very important factor is unemployment and income, which are increasingly hurting them, and too many people use knives to vent their anger.
Mainland people's psychological problems are becoming increasingly serious. In 2023, the number of views of mental health-related videos increased by 83% compared with the same period last year, and on the video website Bilibili, searches for solutions to anxiety, depression and stress increased by 224%. .
According to a recent study by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of suicides among children aged 5 to 14 increased by nearly 10% annually between 2010 and 2021; for those aged 15 to 24, the suicide rate fell by 7% annually until 2017. %, but rose by nearly 20% over the next four years.
Researchers say children and teenagers face fierce competition in school. According to a 2022 national survey, half of those suffering from depression are students.
The Epoch Times reporter called the pediatric psychiatry department of Peking University Sixth Hospital and asked about children's depression. The other party replied: "When I call the children's outpatient clinic, depression is like fever and cold in general hospitals. It is a common disease in our hospital. Any doctor We can help you heal.”
Zhang Lufan, a high school student who came to the United States through the Internet, told The Epoch Times that when she was in high school in mainland China, the school would conduct a depression test. The teacher said that the proportion of depression in her class was 30% to 40%.
"There was a boy in our class who kept looking out the window during evening self-study for nearly an hour. I was curious why he didn't do his homework. After a while, I heard that he had depression; there was another The girl is taking medicine for depression; the most severe depression is another girl, she feels very depressed, she doesn't say anything, and there are marks on her wrist. "
Zhang Lufan said that when he was in high school in Mainland China, his daily schedule was very full and he had no freedom at all. County schools are even more strict. They get up at four in the morning, run exercises, eat, and then go to class. There is only a five-minute break between classes. After lunch, they can only lie down on the table to rest for a while. Classes continue in the afternoon and continue until evening. At eleven o'clock, I can only rest for a little more than five hours a day, which is terrible.
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Chinese people's hearts have changed dramatically, and the CCP has become a target
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) recently released an empirical study on inequality. The survey shows that Chinese people’s psychology has undergone tremendous changes, and fewer and fewer people believe that they can change their destiny through their own abilities and efforts.
In the ten years before 2015, when Chinese respondents asked why people were poor, "lack of ability" and "lack of effort" were the most popular answers at that time, ranking in the top three; "inequality of opportunity" only ranked third. Sixth place (2004), "unfair economic system" ranked only below eighth place.
However, in the latest round of surveys, "inequality of opportunities" and "unfair economic system" rose to first and third respectively; "lack of effort" and "lack of ability" dropped to fifth and sixth respectively. .
People also increasingly distrust college education. The importance of "higher education" has dropped from second place in 2004 to third, sixth, and seventh places respectively. Going to college is no longer that important.
The result of this change is that people realize that their own abilities and efforts cannot bring about results. Young people lose motivation and choose to "lay down", "four bad youths", and "simply live in ruins". They are dissatisfied with the current economic situation. It has been pointed at the Chinese Communist Party system itself.
The Financial Times reported that at a seminar held in a city in eastern China last year, dozens of municipal and provincial officials gathered to discuss social risks and possible solutions. Although they claimed that the scale of street protests last year was down compared to during the epidemic, they said there was a surge in online protests, which were mostly "apolitical" and uncoordinated but driven by "social sentiment".
At the seminar, cadres admitted that the perception of inequality "between the rich and the poor, and between cadres and the masses" has become widespread. Public sentiment is extremely fragile, especially when channels for expressing anger are narrow, and conflicts between officials and ordinary people have become common.
Wu Sezhi, a researcher at the Taiwan Cross-Strait Policy Association, told The Epoch Times that China’s current social problems are largely related to China’s economic development and governance model.
"In the early days of reform and opening up, the Chinese people may have believed that economic opening up was more important than political reform to a certain extent, and they were more tolerant of politics. But as economic development declines, social dissatisfaction will slowly target the ruling party. The authorities or senior government officials who hold power are beginning to question the political system constructed by the Chinese Communist Party.”
Image : The picture shows the cordon formed by the Beijing police during public protests on 27 November 2022. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
In fact, since 2019, as Chinese society is rapidly turning backwards, the problems of the CCP system have become the target of protesters. Angry people shouted slogans of "the Communist Party steps down" and "Xi Jinping steps down."
Zhou Hongyan, a former employee of a financial company in Shenzhen, told The Epoch Times that she is considered middle-class in China and has a house and a car in Shenzhen. The reason why she left was the epidemic.
"The epidemic lockdown made me feel like I was back in the Cultural Revolution again," she said. Freedom and personal rights can be violated at any time, and I don't know what will happen next. It's terrifying to mobilize ordinary people to control ordinary people. .
"People need to live and work normally, but if they refuse to do nucleic acid tests every day, they can't go anywhere. If the QR code turns yellow or red, they will be quarantined, but they don't know how it turns yellow or red. Every bit of life They were all controlled, and I suffered from severe depression during this period. I couldn’t see hope or the end.”
She said, "Another important reason why I left China was my children. With the current employment situation in China, ordinary children cannot survive at all. Even if they can live safely in China until they graduate from college, the result may be delivering food. This is not the most important thing." The most important thing is that the Chinese Communist Party has too many organ transplants. Every day in my circle of friends, I see too many missing children losing their organs. As a mother, it is very scary.”
"After 2015, life was not very good. After 2017, it went straight downhill. In 2019, from the lockdown to the unblocking, the CCP has now returned to the Cultural Revolution period. I think it is too difficult to survive."
Many economists believe that if more benefits can be provided to the Chinese people and the burden of medical care and education can be reduced, the psychological pressure of the people may be alleviated. But the party leader made it clear not to fall into the trap of a European-style social welfare system.
Ms. Bai, who lives in a first-tier city, told The Epoch Times that China’s social security does not receive much government subsidies and is mainly paid by enterprises. The benefits themselves are worse than nothing, and they will find various reasons not to let you use them.
"My grandfather was very sick recently and was about to die. He had to be hospitalized for a maximum of 15 days before being diagnosed or discharged. Because there is a cap on reimbursement, sometimes the hospital says the reimbursement for the operation has exceeded the limit, and you have to pay for it yourself."
Ms. Bai said that when she went to the hospital to treat a cold, she was prescribed the effective drug ibuprofen. At the same time, she was prescribed three or four types of Chinese medicines that were expensive but useless and could not be reimbursed by medical insurance. "I used to treat rhinitis. I was prescribed budesonide, a special drug for treating rhinitis. It cost about 20 yuan. But I was also prescribed traditional Chinese medicine, which cost 400 yuan. The traditional Chinese medicine I took first had no effect at all, so I sprayed budesonide. It’ll be fine in two days.”
"Anyway, now everyone feels that there is no hope, so let's go and wait to die together," she said.
Wu Sezhi said that in the face of economic decline and public protests, Xi Jinping can respond in two ways. The first is to continue to expand comprehensive suppression; the second is to continue to expand comprehensive suppression;
It is to propose bolder economic stimulus policies.
"But from the end of the epidemic to now, the Chinese (Chinese Communist Party) government has proposed many policies, but in fact the economic effects are very limited. It seems that the Chinese Communist Party may choose to expand the method of suppression. Obviously, in this way, the methods adopted will become increasingly tough. Going into a vicious cycle will probably make the party leader’s future regime even more uncertain.”
Wu Sezhi said that this is why many observers believe that once Chinese society no longer expects the CCP regime, the CCP will indeed have the possibility of regime collapse or collapse.
Wu Shaoping, a human rights lawyer living in the United States, told The Epoch Times that now more and more people have seen the failures of the CCP. Its economy continues to slow down, and all aspects of society are also collapsing. The hostility in society is getting worse, and intentional harm is , intentional homicide, and a large number of young people are unemployed on the streets. Chinese people have felt the social changes.
"This bursting of the Dongting Lake in Hunan embodies the weakness of the CCP officials. The people are facing a huge natural disaster, but they cannot see the CCP officials dealing with the disaster on the spot. Regarding the incident of kerosene trucks transporting cooking oil, the CCP still uses... If you solve the problem using the methods of the person who raised the problem, you can see that the Chinese Communist regime is hopeless.”
The CCP is in “garbage time”
In recent times, voices directly criticizing the CCP system have been increasing on various private social media platforms.
An article that is being circulated on the Internet, "The Great Collapse of the Communist Party of China is Coming," writes: Our country is not just experiencing problems at a certain time, place, or industry, but is experiencing the largest crisis since 1949. A massive collapse.
"This absurdity is completely reflected in their basic governing logic: They lie while asking the people to trust them; while they block the road, they study how to open it; while they make the people poor, they study how to promote consumption; while they block the roads, they study how to promote consumption; To destroy the government, we are shouting about solving the problem of employment; while we are scaring away investors, we are attracting investment in a high-profile manner; while we are arresting entrepreneurs, we are shouting about optimizing the business environment. Paper cannot cover the fire, and the credibility of the government has been completely lost. That’s when the people’s hearts and minds are lost, and that’s when it’s time for change.”
Wu Sezhi said that with China's current economic and social development, people do not have too many expectations. There is even the spread of defeatism, which will intensify people's dissatisfaction with the government and even rise up to resist. Throughout the history of Chinese dynasties, when dynasties changed, it was due to the instability of social and economic development.
Image : On 18 October 2023, security personnel and police dogs patrolled Tiananmen Square in Beijing. (Suo Takekuma / POOL / AFP)
On 3 February 2024 Dr. Liu Junning, a former researcher at the Institute of Political Science of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, described the Chinese Communist regime as having entered a countdown to change of dynasty as "history's garbage time" and said that during this period, no one can reverse the course of history. All we can do is try to survive this period, which is the currently popular "lying down".
Li Yuanhua, a historian living in Australia, told The Epoch Times that the historical garbage time reflects people’s complete despair for the CCP regime and the current rulers. They feel that the CCP has no chance. No matter how they repair or whitewash this broken ship, it will surely sink. .
"No matter how hard the CCP tries, it is simply impossible to reverse it. Because the nature of the CCP is there, and it is God's will to destroy the CCP. The CCP has been doing evil for many years, and now it has reached the critical point where it is angry and must be destroyed. It has reached this point. It's time."
Wu Shaoping said that the garbage time of history itself was quoted from sports competitions. Now it is used to describe the end of a country's political power, which reflects that everyone is generally not optimistic about the Chinese Communist regime.
"Garbage time is more dangerous than lying down, because lying down is an individual's passive resistance. Historical garbage time is directly directed at this regime. It reflects that the Chinese people's views on the CCP regime have changed. When everyone has this mentality time, it will virtually accelerate the collapse of this regime.”
Wu Shaoping said that in 2019, they made predictions about how long the Chinese Communist Party’s regime could last, believing that the Chinese Communist Party’s regime might basically face collapse in 2027. This time point may not be accurate, but many people in society have seen that the CCP regime is getting closer and closer to its collapse.
"Can it save itself? It cannot save itself. It insists on not carrying out political reforms, still insists on the party leading everything, and still puts so-called national security at the forefront of all matters. This historical retrogression determines that it cannot save itself."
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The Third Plenary Session of the Central Committee removed Qin Gang from the Central Committee and confirmed the punishment of Li Shangfu
Editor : Fang Xiao / https://www.epochtimes.com/b5/24/7/18/n14293019.htm / Image : The Third Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee confirmed the expulsion of Li Shangfu and others from the Party by the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. The picture shows a file photo of Li Shangfu in June 2023. (Roslan Rahman/AFP via Getty Images)
On 18 July 2024, the four-day Third Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee concluded. The communiqué of the plenary session showed that former Foreign Minister Qin Gang was removed from his position as a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, but he was still called "comrade". The Third Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee confirmed the Politburo’s expulsion from the Party of Li Shangfu and others.
The Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee was held in Beijing from 15 to 18 July 2024.
The communiqué of the Third Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee stated that 199 Central Committee members and 165 alternate Central Committee members attended the plenary session.
The plenary session decided to accept Qin Gang's resignation application and remove Qin Gang from his position as a member of the Central Committee.
According to the communiqué, the Third Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China reviewed and approved the review report of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China on Li Shangfu, Li Yuchao, and Sun Jinming's serious violations of discipline and law, and confirmed the previous sanctions of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of expelling Li Shangfu, Li Yuchao, and Sun Jinming from the party.
On the eve of the Third Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Beijing authorities have informed that former Ministers of Defense Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu were investigated and expelled from the party for suspected serious violations of discipline and law.
Public information shows that Qin Gang served as deputy director, director and diplomatic spokesperson of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China, director of the Protocol Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and deputy foreign minister. From 2021 to 2022, he served as the Ambassador of the Communist Party of China to the United States.
On 31 December 2022, Qin Gang succeeded Wang Yi as Minister of Foreign Affairs. In March 2023, he was re-elected as State Councilor and became the "party and state leader" of the CCP, rising two levels in a row within three months.
On 25 July 2023, the fourth meeting of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress of the Communist Party of China voted to remove Qin Gang from his concurrent post as Minister of Foreign Affairs. On 24 October 2023, Qin Gang was dismissed from his post as State Councilor. On 27 February 2024, he resigned as a representative of the 14th National People's Congress.
Li Shangfu once served as deputy minister of the General Armament Department of the Chinese Communist Army, deputy commander and chief of staff of the Strategic Support Force, and director of the Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission. In July 2019, Li Shangfu was promoted to the rank of general. At the two sessions in March 2023, Li Shangfu became the State Councilor of the Communist Party of China, and at the same time succeeded Wei Fenghe as the Minister of National Defense.
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Hu Chunhua sat side by side with the party leader at the Third Plenary Session of the Central Committee, sparking speculation
Editor : Li Muen / https://www.epochtimes.com/b5/24/7/19/n14293830.htm / Image : Hu Chunhua (first from left on the rostrum) sits side by side with Xi Jinping at the group meeting of the Third Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee. (Video screenshot)
The Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China concluded yesterday (18th). State media news footage yesterday showed that Hu Chunhua, who was demoted after the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, sat in the same group meeting as Xi Jinping. row, sparking speculation.
According to CCTV news footage, Hu Chunhua, who is alleged to be a direct descendant of former leader Hu Jintao, sat side by side with current party leader Xi Jinping in a group meeting of the Third Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
Du Wen, a former Inner Mongolia official who was exiled overseas, said on X, "During the Third Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Xi Jinping asked Hu Chunhua to sit next to him.
Du Wen was once the executive director of the Legal Advisory Office of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Government and the legal advisor to Hu Chunhua, who was in charge of Inner Mongolia.
Hu Chunhua is currently the second-ranked vice-chairman of the CPPCC National Committee and a member of the 20th Central Committee.
Hu Chunhua has been widely rumored to be the "Crown Prince" (successor) cultivated by Hu Jintao, the leader of the Tuan faction and former leader of the Communist Party of China. Before the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Hu Chunhua was a favorite to be elected to the Standing Committee. As a result, Sun Zhengcai, who was also regarded as his successor, suddenly resigned. Hu Chunhua also failed to enter the Standing Committee. He only remained a member of the Politburo and served as the Vice Premier of the State Council in charge of poverty alleviation.
Before the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Hu Chunhua was once again regarded as a popular candidate to join the Standing Committee of the Politburo, the highest level of the Communist Party of China, and may be expected to succeed Li Keqiang as prime minister. However, at the 20th National Congress, all Xi Jinping’s cronies took over, while Li Keqiang, Wang Yang, and Hu Chunhua of the Youth League faction were all eliminated, and Hu Chunhua only remained a member of the Central Committee. Hu Jintao, the leader of the Youth League faction, was forcibly removed from the venue on the closing day. The internal strife in the CCP attracted international media attention.
After Hu Jintao was taken away, when Xi took a photo with representatives of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Hu Chunhua clapped and laughed at Xi. After the 20th National Congress, Hu Chunhua expressed his loyalty to Xi in public speeches many times.
At the Two Sessions of the Communist Party of China in March last year, Hu Chunhua resigned as deputy prime minister and became the second-ranked vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and concurrently deputy secretary of the Party Leadership Group. The CPPCC has always been regarded as an official sinecure and a "second-line position."
At the end of last year, Hu Chunhua, as President Xi Jinping’s special envoy, was invited to Madagascar to attend the inauguration ceremony of Madagascar’s president-elect Andry Rajoelina.
However, Hu Chunhua's old subordinates have continued to be arrested recently, and the outside world speculates that his status is still unstable.
Li Jia, Hu Chunhua's former deputy in Inner Mongolia and later chairman of the Shanxi CPPCC, was dismissed and demoted in August 2022 before the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
On 3 June 2024, Wang Bo, former deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Inner Mongolia People’s Congress of the Communist Party of China, was investigated. Du Wen, a former CCP official, revealed that Wang Bo was a close confidant of the former Ministry of Inner Mongolia who was admired by Hu Chunhua, the former secretary of Inner Mongolia. Most of the high-ranking officials in Inner Mongolia who have been dismissed in recent years are related to Hu Chunhua.
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Zhong Yuan: Some highlights of the boring Third Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee
Image : On 15 July 2024, a corner of Beijing Jingxi Hotel. The Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was held here. (Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images)
On 18 July 2024, the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China ended. The meeting communique was long and boring. Although it was full of so-called "reform" slogans, it lacked substantial content. Zhongnanhai is completely helpless about economic problems and is not keen on reform. The outside world may be more concerned about possible personnel changes and how the top leadership of the CCP will justify its internal and external missteps at the plenum.
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Qin Gang appears to be "all right"
The communiqué of the Third Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee stated that it "accepted" Qin Gang's "resignation application" and "removed" Qin Gang from his position as a member of the Central Committee.
Qin Gang was not punished, which meant he landed safely and seemed to be "all right". His loss of membership of the Central Committee was interpreted as a voluntary "resignation". In this way, Qin Gang's problem does not need to be dealt with or reported again, and the possibility of a comeback is still retained. However, Qin Gang lost his positions as Foreign Minister and State Councilor of the Communist Party of China, and also lost his title as a member of the Central Committee. It is very unlikely that he will return to high-ranking officials in the short term.
Xi Jinping, the leader of the Communist Party of China who single-handedly promoted Qin Gang, saved Qin Gang and saved some face. The members of the Central Committee probably looked at each other and had no choice but to raise their hands in agreement, but there was inevitably a lot of private discussion afterwards.
The main problem reported to Li Shangfu and Wei Fenghe is corruption. If Qin Gang is found to be corrupt, he should also be dealt with. However, the CCP has no intention to disclose his corruption problem, and it may not investigate it. If it is just because of the relationship between men and women, " "Please resign" seems not to be a big deal; he should not have been found to be a collaborator or a traitor, otherwise we would have no choice but to deal with it.
Initially, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China used his physical reasons as an excuse. If Qin Gang "resigned" just because of physical problems, it has been more than a year now. If he has recovered and no problems are found, there are conditions for his reinstatement; but this did not happen. .
This shows that Qin Gang still has problems, but they cannot be made public and will not be held accountable. The CCP is trying to ignore the matter on the grounds that he voluntarily "resigned" to reduce the negative political impact. However, after Qin Gang disappeared, the CCP's foreign minister has been concurrently held by Wang Yi, and a suitable replacement has never been found. The mess is still difficult to clean up. Qin Gang's "resignation" and safe landing did not solve the embarrassing current situation of the CCP's diplomatic system.
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Different ways to deal with fallen officials
Li Shangfu, Li Yuchao, and Sun Jinming were expelled from the Party posthumously, but the problems of Li Yuchao and Sun Jinming were not publicly reported. After the Politburo meeting on 27 June, Xinhua News Agency only reported the issues of Li Shangfu and Wei Fenghe, without mentioning former Rocket Force Commander Li Yuchao and former Rocket Force Chief of Staff Sun Jinming.
Li Yuchao was previously stripped of his qualifications as a representative of the National People's Congress of the Communist Party of China and has been confirmed to be dismissed; Sun Jinming is the latest Rocket Army general confirmed to be dismissed. The current generals of the Rocket Force who have been dismissed include at least three former commanders Wei Fenghe, Zhou Yaning, and Li Yuchao; former deputy commander Li Chuanguang; former director of the Rocket Force Equipment Department Lu Hong; former Deputy Chief of Staff of the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission Zhang Zhenzhong, who was born in the Rocket Force; and Former deputy commander of the Rocket Force Wu Guohua committed suicide, and former deputy commander of the Rocket Force Liu Guangbin was taken away for investigation.
The Rocket Force also has a deputy commander, Chen Guangjun, who will take office in 2021. It is unknown whether he will continue to serve. Another former deputy commander, Li Jun, was transferred to the deputy chief of staff of the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission in 2020 and transferred to the Joint Operations Command Center of the Central Military Commission in 2022. It is unknown whether he will continue to serve. hold office.
Others who may have been fired as a result of the Rocket Force purge include: Wu Yansheng, former chairman of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation; Liu Shiquan, former chairman of China Ordnance Industry Corporation, former general manager and deputy party secretary of China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation; Deputy General Manager Wang Changqing; former President of China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology Wang Xiaojun; former Party Secretary and Chairman of Aerospace Investment Holdings Co., Ltd. Han Shu; and former Vice President of the Second Research Institute of China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation Feng Jiehong resigned as a representative of the National People's Congress of the Communist Party of China position.
During the purge of the Rocket Force, some senior generals or officials were dismissed and there is still no explanation. The Third Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China did not remove Xu Zhongbo, former political commissar of the Rocket Force, from his membership of the Central Committee. If the Rocket Army is collectively corrupt, it is impossible to get past the political commissars. This shows that corruption is not the real problem. When weighing loyalty, political cadres seem to have a greater chance of getting away than military generals.
The Strategic Support Force no longer exists after being dismembered. The former commander Ju Gansheng is also a member of the Central Committee, and his current position is unknown.
Tang Renjian, the former party secretary and minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the Communist Party of China, is under investigation, but there has been no public notification and he was not dealt with at the Third Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
The Third Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee reported that 199 Central Committee members and 165 alternate Central Committee members attended the meeting. There were originally 205 members of the Central Committee; Li Shangfu, Li Yuchao, and Sun Jinming were expelled from the party; Qin Gang "resigned"; Tang Renjian is under investigation. There should be 200 more people, but 199 actually attended the meeting. I don't know that 1 person was absent. who is it.
Image : Li Shangfu (left), Wei Fenghe (second from left) and other senior generals of the CCP army who were dismissed recently. (Epoch Times Cartography)
The deputy political commissar of the Rocket Force was not replaced as a member of the Central Committee as usual
The 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has 171 alternate members, and there are 165 people who participated in the Third Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee, 6 people are missing. It is unknown which 6 people are absent and whether they are related to political purges.
Four Central Committee members lost their qualifications, and four alternate members were supposed to be replaced. However, only three were replaced at the Third Plenary Session, and they were not replaced in the order of alternate members.
The alternate members of the Central Committee elected at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China are arranged in order of the number of votes they received. The top four should be Ding Xiangqun (female), Ding Xingnong, Yu Lijun, and Yu Jihong (female). The third plenary session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China submitted a patch to Xiangqun and Yu. Li Jun and Yu Jihong were members of the Central Committee, while Ding Xingnong, who ranked second, was omitted.
Ding Xingnong served as deputy director of the Cadre Department of the Political Department of the General Armament Department of the Chinese Communist Party of China, political commissar of the Engineering Design and Research Institute of the General Armament Department, political commissar of the Satellite Maritime Measurement and Control Department, and director of the Political Department of the General Armament Department. After the military reform, Ding Xingnong successively served as political commissar of the Network Systems Department of the Strategic Support Force and director of the Political Work Department of the Strategic Support Force; in April 2024, he was transferred to deputy political commissar of the Rocket Force.
In April 2024, the strategic support force was split into the information support force, the military aerospace force, and the cyberspace force. Li Wei, the former political commissar of the strategic support force, was transferred to the new political commissar of the information support force. Ding Xingnong, as the former director of the Political Work Department of the Strategic Support Force, was not arranged to serve as the political commissar of the Cyberspace Force or the Military Space Force. Instead, he was transferred to the Rocket Force as the deputy political commissar.
As the second-ranked alternate member of the Central Committee, Ding Xingnong is not a replacement member of the Central Committee. It seems that he has failed to gain Xi Jinping's trust. It is not ruled out that he will also be investigated.
On 10 July 2024, the CCP’s Military Commission issued the “Decision to Promote Political Rectification and Training of the Military,” stating that it would “rectify the employment of personnel.” Although Ding Xingnong is also a political cadre that Xi Jinping relies on, he cannot be compared with He Hongjun, deputy director of the Political Department of the Military Commission; He Hongjun has just been promoted to general under unusual circumstances, but Ding Xingnong cannot be promoted to Central Committee member as usual.
As long as Ding Xingnong is not under investigation, he should still have the opportunity for promotion. He is now the number one alternate Central Committee member. This Third Plenary Session could have replaced 4 Central Committee members, but in fact only 3 people were replaced, and there should be 1 vacancy. .
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Dong Jun did not receive the title of member of the Military Commission in time
The First Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee in October 2022 produced a series of positions including members of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, members of the Standing Committee, General Secretary, Secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee, Chairman, Vice Chairman, and members of the Central Military Commission, as well as the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
After Li Shangfu was dismissed, one member of the CCP's Military Commission was missing. Dong Jun was promoted to Minister of Defense, but he was not yet a member of the Military Commission. The Third Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was supposed to replace Dong Jun as a member of the Central Military Commission, but the communiqué did not mention it. It is unclear whether Xi Jinping still has reservations about Dong Jun's trust.
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Has the core position of the CCP leader weakened?
After the Second Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee was held in February 2023, the communiqué stated: Since the 18th National Congress, the Party Central Committee with Xi Jinping as the core has regarded deepening the reform of the party and state institutions as an important task to promote the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities... A historic achievement was achieved.
The communiqué of the Third Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee only affirmed the work of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, but did not specifically evaluate the Party Central Committee with Xi Jinping at its core. When the communique talks about reform, it still arranges the "Three Represents" of Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong, Deng and Jiang, and Hu's "Scientific Outlook on Development" in order, followed by Xi Jinping's "New Era" thought; and adds a sentence about Xi Jinping's reform. "A series of new ideas, new perspectives, and new judgments."
The last paragraph of the communique calls on the entire party to unite around the Party Central Committee with Xi Jinping as the core as usual, but Xi Jinping is mentioned only a handful of times in the long communiqué of more than 5,000 words.
Before and during the Third Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee, Xinhua News Agency and the People's Daily published numerous articles promoting Xi Jinping's reform image.
On 13 July 2024, after Xinhua News Agency published six consecutive articles on reform and opening up, it also published an article "Short Commentary: The General Secretary's Reform Theory | Be both a reform promoter and a reform doer"; "People's Daily" published an article "Asking for Momentum from Reform" Seek vitality from innovation and Xi Jinping guides the practice of Chinese-style modernization."
On 15 July 2024, the day of the Third Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Xinhua News Agency published an article titled "Short Commentary: The General Secretary's Theory of Reform: Reform and Opening Up is Only in Progress and Not Completed." Leading Group) Meeting to Understand Xi Jinping’s Way of Reform. On the same day, "Qiushi" magazine published Xi Jinping's article "We must persist in self-confidence and self-reliance."
On 16 July 2024, Xinhua News Agency published an article titled "Short Commentary: The General Secretary's Theory of Reform｜Strong Determination to Reform to the End".
On 17 July 2024, Xinhua News Agency published an article titled "Short Commentary: The General Secretary's Theory of Reform | Both in Command and on the Campaign" and "Providing More Enlightenment and Opportunities to the World - Overseas People Praise Xi Jinping for Leading China to Further Comprehensively Deepen Reform in the New Era."
On 18 July 2024, the Third Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee ended. Xinhua News Agency and People's Daily published another article that day, but they all talked in general terms and did not deliberately highlight Xi Jinping.
The outside world has no way of knowing what happened at the Third Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. However, Xi Jinping is no longer highlighted in the communiqué of the plenum. The core position of the leader of the Communist Party of China seems to have been shaken. He may have tried to justify himself on many issues, but he has not been fully accepted. This seems to have laid some groundwork. The top leaders of the CCP failed to completely silence the participants, and doubts within the party may become stronger. At the end of July and beginning of August, senior CCP officials and some senior officials should go to Beidaihe, and there may be new confrontations.
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The Third Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee lacked substantive reform issues
The reform content described in the communiqué of the Third Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China is really boring. It also pushed the completion time of the proposed reform tasks to 2029, which is more like playing games. The only areas of reform that the communiqué mentioned slightly were taxation, finance, land, medicine and health, and the military, but they were not considered economic reforms at all.
The CCP’s so-called fiscal and taxation and financial reforms are mainly about how to steal money from companies and individuals; the so-called land and medical and health reforms are mainly about how to steal money from the pockets of ordinary people. As for opening up, the communique merely repeated previous slogans.
Regarding the current economic situation, the communique stated that "expanding domestic demand", "developing new productive forces" and "cultivating new drivers of foreign trade", and "preventing and defusing risks in key areas such as real estate, local government debt, small and medium-sized financial institutions"; and "preventing and defusing risks" "Ideological risks" and "external risk challenges". None of this is new.
Whether the Third Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee is held or not has little to do with the governance of the country. Floods have continued throughout China, and the Third Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee has followed the call. Top leaders in various places are far away from the front line of disaster relief, and are locked up in Beijing to play political games together. The outside world has long stopped counting on the CCP to take any reform measures, and the CCP itself must have also lost confidence. The Third Plenum of the CPC Central Committee is really boring, but officials are experiencing the feeling of panic all day long.
The real topic of the Third Plenary Session is how the CCP can survive
Image : In July 2024, Yan Chungou, a former senior Hong Kong media person, wrote that the real solution of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee is the CCP's survival crisis. The picture shows a file photo of Zhongnanhai. (GREG BAKER / AFP Getty Images)
The belated Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee seems quite low-key, and the official media propaganda is also shrouded in mystery. Media person Yan Chungou analyzed that the real solution of the meeting is not economic problems, but the CCP's survival crisis.
The Third Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee is in progress. The outside world only saw the official media boasting about "opening up", but did not report that the meeting discussed any specific "reform measures". The words "Third Plenary Session" did not even make it to the Weibo hot search list.
Yan Chungou, a former senior Hong Kong media person living in Canada, posted on Facebook that the "opening up to the outside world" currently promoted by the authorities has nothing to do with the adjustment of the overall policy direction, but is just creating a "positive atmosphere" to cover up the essence of this conference.
The article pointed out that the CCP does not have the courage to fight with the West, nor can it seek peace; "the state advances and the people retreat" is in a dilemma; the "external circulation" is not working, and the "internal circulation" is difficult to save; the army of unemployed people has become the source of social chaos, and there is no way to solve it; deflation has become the norm, and there is no hope of revitalizing the economy - in short, there are problems everywhere.
The article said that the CCP authorities understand that the most important thing at the moment is not the "national policy to save the economy", but in the final analysis, it is just how to maintain the survival of the CCP's authoritarian system, that is, "how to survive." Therefore, the only real theme that must be discussed at the Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee is how to survive in the "not too long or too short days" in the future.
The article summarizes the CCP's countermeasures into three forms of "living", namely "tight days, chaotic days and dangerous days".
The article gives an example, saying that now the economy is sluggish and the treasury is empty, and everyone will have to live a "tight life" in the future. The central government is preparing to adjust the fiscal and taxation distribution system to allow local governments to make a living, but at the same time, local governments must find their own way to make money and are not allowed to hand over conflicts to the central government.
Earlier, the authorities launched the "old for new" policy, but soon some local governments ordered government departments to reduce equipment updates and cut public consumption. Grassroots police stations have merged at multiple points, and government agencies have laid off staff and cut salaries, which is also aimed at saving money.
The resurgence of rural collective economy is also aimed at living a "tight life". Grassroots towns and villages have taken local resources back to collective economy, making it easier for grassroots officials to abuse their power and enrich themselves, and they have spare power to hire thugs to suppress villagers' rights protection.
The article said that social chaos is inevitable because the entire system is already terminally ill, and various difficult and complicated diseases have cross-influenced each other and spiraled worse. The authorities still need to face the social chaos that is getting worse day by day.
At present, social contradictions are becoming more acute, universal and profound. A large number of migrant workers have returned to their hometowns, graduates have no job opportunities, laid-off workers and clerks are wandering the streets, the government is brutal and unpopular, and the relationship between the government and the people has deteriorated sharply. Social hostility is overflowing. Ordinary people have to carry knives when they go out and drive. Police and civilians have conflicts and fights break out at the slightest disagreement. Social unrest will happen every day, and the government needs to use various violent dictatorship tools to suppress civil resistance.
If the government suppresses civil unrest, the intensity of civil resistance will inevitably increase, the confrontation between the two sides will escalate, and the contradictions will inevitably become fierce. The Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee must solve the problem of how to "maintain stability" so as not to panic in the chaos and lead to an unmanageable situation.
In addition to the numerous internal problems, the external situation also faces the blockade of Europe, the United States, Japan, South Korea, Australia and India, and the threat of troops approaching the city, and there is a risk of war breaking out at any time. In the Taiwan Strait, although the CCP is weak in military reunification, it keeps making small moves, and it may accidentally fire at any time, triggering the intervention of Europe and the United States. If the war situation gets out of control, with strong enemies outside and civil unrest inside, Zhongnanhai will have a hard time.
The article said that the government must live a "tight life" financially, because those who eat it are few; domestic affairs must suppress civil unrest, because the system is terminally ill; the East and the West are irreconcilable, and there may be a war in the future. In short, the Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee is not about the "national development direction" at all, but about how to survive. The CCP's "reform and opening up" has come to an end, and it has done all the bad things and cannot be reversed. "A terrible ending has appeared on the horizon."
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Xi Jinping appeared at the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee to dispel the rumour of stroke! Netizens: The rumour was dispelled before the Chinese stock market rose sharply
Editor : Fang Xun / Source : New Head Shell / https://www.aboluowang.com/2024/0719/2081182.html
The four-day Third Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee closed on the 18th. During the meeting, because the CPC official had not released photos of the meeting, rumors spread on the Internet that General Secretary Xi Jinping of the CPC was absent from the meeting due to physical discomfort. It was also reported that Xi Jinping had a stroke on the spot during the meeting, and Cai Qi, a member of the Political Bureau Standing Committee, urgently took over the baton. However, CCTV's news released that evening showed that Xi Jinping attended the closing ceremony held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing safely, dispelling the rumors that Xi Jinping had a stroke.
During the Third Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee, the CPC kept the meeting secret. CCTV News Network only released the latest footage for the first time on the evening of the 18th. It can be seen that Xi Jinping and members of the Political Bureau Standing Committee of the CPC Li Qiang, Wang Huning, and Zhao Leji walked into the closing ceremony venue in turn, and broadcasted Xi Jinping's speech and participation in group discussions. During the meeting, Xi Jinping listened to the reports of the Central Committee members, and during the discussion, Xi Jinping gestured with his hands from time to time.
199 members of the CPC Central Committee and 165 alternate members attended the Third Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee. The plenary session was chaired by the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. After the meeting, the Communiqué of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee was released, which mentioned that the basic system of the market economy should be improved and the reform tasks proposed by this decision should be completed by 2029, when the CPC celebrates its 80th anniversary of its founding. The news footage of Xi Jinping attending the meeting dispelled the rumors on the Internet that he had a stroke.
Recently, Chinese netizens spread rumors that "Xi Jinping had a stroke". Chinese current affairs commentator Cai Shenkun questioned: "From the stock market, it doesn't look like a stroke. If he really had a stroke, the stock market should fly." Many netizens said: "If there is, it is impossible for the stock market to be like this", "If the CPC does not perish, whoever comes to power will be worse", "The rumor may be false, but the will of the people is 100% true", "This may be the rumor that the international community, including the Chinese people, expects to be realized in recent years".
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China discovers new fungal pathogen that easily mutates into super strains
Editor : Li Ming / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2024/07/18/a103898377.html / Image : Chinese scientists have discovered a new deadly fungal pathogen in the blood of dead patients. The picture shows a schematic diagram of a laboratory electron microscope. (Eric Piermont/AFP via Getty Images)
A new fungal pathogen called "River Red Spore Yeast" was detected in the blood of seriously ill and dead patients in China, attracting the attention of the medical community. This fungus is resistant to many first-line antifungal drugs and is prone to mutation. It can even evolve into a "super strain" in high temperature environments, causing concern.
According to a report on the LiveScience website on16 July 2024, Chinese scientists discovered an unprecedented human fungal pathogen (Pathogenic fungus) in the blood of deceased patients. After preliminary research on it, the relevant research results were recently published in the journal Nature Microbiology, which attracted the attention of the medical community.
According to the research report, scientists from the research team of the Institute of Microbiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences found "river red spore yeast" in the blood of two unrelated critically ill patients who died of the disease while analyzing more than 27,000 fungal samples from 96 hospitals in China from 2009 to 2019.
Laboratory research found that this new fungus is "resistant" to a variety of first-line antifungal drugs at human body temperature (37 degrees Celsius), and the mutation rate is 21 times that of mutation at room temperature. The most terrifying thing is that this fungus may evolve into a "super strain" under high temperature and cause serious infection in experimental mice.
The researchers believe that this study can support the view that global warming will promote the "evolution" of new fungal pathogens, and warn that as global temperatures rise, some fungi may adapt to higher temperatures and expand their geographical distribution, thereby increasing the chances of fungal pathogens coming into contact with humans.
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