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Ten thousand people protested in Pucheng, alarming Beijing. Analysis: The fire in Xi's backyard is an ominous sign
Editor : Tang Zheng / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2025/01/09/a103946440.html / Image : At night of 6 January 2025, tens of thousands of people in Pucheng County, Shaanxi Province protested collectively. The authorities dispatched a large number of riot police to disperse the protesters. (Video screenshot/synthetic image)
A student in Pucheng County, Shaanxi Province, fell to his death in a strange way. Because the school tried to conceal it, tens of thousands of people protested in recent days. This incident has become the largest conflict between police and citizens in China in recent years. It is reported that the protest in Pucheng alarmed Beijing, and the authorities sent armed police to clear the scene. Some analysts believe that the location of the incident is very sensitive, and the fire in the backyard of party leader Xi Jinping is probably not a good sign for the Beijing authorities.
In the evening of 2 January 2025, Dang Changxin, a 17-year-old boy from the Vocational Education Center of Pucheng County, died after falling from a building. The local authorities issued a notice on the 5th saying that he "jumped from the building by himself after opening the window". An insider revealed that the deceased was bullied in school before his death.
The parents of the deceased questioned the cause of their child's death and demanded the truth. The school claimed that the surveillance was damaged, but the police said that they had investigated the surveillance, which was contradictory. Later, the child's uncle was also arrested by the police. The school prohibited the parents from taking photos when they saw the body, and the mother was also stopped from seeing if her son had any injuries; the school also confiscated the students' mobile phones and deleted the photos.
This incident was spread and fermented on the Internet, and eventually led to a large-scale group incident. On 5 and 6 January 2025, tens of thousands of people surrounded the school to protest. At night of 6 January, as the situation escalated, the authorities dispatched a large number of fully armed riot police to disperse the protesters.
Dang Changxin's mother was suspected of being pressured by the authorities. On the 6th, she posted a video on the social platform, saying that the authorities had explained the various questions raised by the family members, "Currently, the relevant departments have intervened and are communicating; I hope everyone will not believe the rumors and gather at the school."
Some people in Pucheng County reported that the Pucheng County government transferred a large number of special police from other places on the 7th, and a large number of police were stationed near Pucheng Vocational School, prohibiting people from gathering near. The local police began to arrest those who participated in the protests, and some people said that "half of the people who participated in the fight were arrested."
On 8 January, independent commentator Cai Shenkun posted on the overseas X platform that 50,000 to 60,000 people gathered in Pucheng. Some netizens said that the protesting crowd is continuing to expand, school management is chaotic, and the social economy is collapsing. A social change across the country may break out at any time! The Pucheng protest incident alarmed Beijing. With the approval of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China, the armed police began to clear the scene on 7 January.
Shaanxi Provincial Party Secretary Zhao Yide signed and approved the "Request Report on the 014 Mass Incident in Pucheng County" submitted by the Weinan Municipal Party Committee on 6 January 6, "The Weinan Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government must fulfill their main responsibilities and ensure that all people are evacuated before 0:00 on 8 January."
According to reports, the Weinan Detachment, Fuping Squadron, and Pucheng Squadron of the Armed Police Force cooperated in the armed clearing mission on 7 January and blocked the encircled areas of Beihuan Road, Qingnian Road, Yaoshan Street, and Junmin Lane. From the county party school and Yaoshan Middle School of the county education bureau, advance to the vocational education center to complete the clearing mission. The patrol special police brigade of the county public security bureau cooperated with the armed police force to block the encircled areas of Beihuan Road, Qingnian Road, Yaoshan Street, and Junmin Lane, and assisted in protecting key targets such as the county party school, the county education bureau, and Yaoshan Middle School.
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Current affairs commentator Hui Huyu wrote in The Epoch Times on 9 January 2025 that the recent incident of people in Pucheng, Shaanxi Province, against the government was the first conflict between police and citizens in Chinese society in 2025. Not only was the scale huge, reaching tens of thousands of people, but the location of the incident was also very sensitive. Shaanxi is the common hometown of Xi Jinping and Zhang Youxia. Pucheng County is adjacent to Xi's hometown, Fuping County, and both are under the jurisdiction of Weinan City. The fire in Xi's backyard is probably not a good sign for the Beijing authorities.
The author said that in 2025, Chinese society is entering a stage full of uncertainty, and the CCP will be sitting on the crater, facing a comprehensive crisis of a blowout of popular anger. It is predicted that in 2025, there will be at least three aspects that will be hot spots for the outbreak of contradictions in Chinese society.
One is the contradictions and conflicts caused by the collapse of social trust. Following the cases of Hu Xinyu and Li Yixue, the Pucheng falling case once again triggered online doubts about the government's cover-up of the truth. The public's trust in the judiciary and administrative institutions has further disintegrated, and the contradiction between the anger of the grassroots groups and the government's suppression has continued to intensify, which will push social sentiment from anger to resistance. Cases like the Pucheng falling case will continue to occur, and future conflicts between police and citizens will become more violent, and the pressure on the CCP to maintain stability will increase.
Second, conflicts caused by wage arrears. Since 2024, CCP China's economic growth has continued to slow, the wave of business closures has intensified, the unemployment rate has risen, and the pressure on people's livelihood has been unprecedented. Migrant workers and grassroots workers face problems such as wage arrears and fruitless wage arrears. Faced with economic difficulties and social pressure, larger-scale wage protests and violent conflicts will be inevitable in the future.
Third, conflicts caused by the truth about the epidemic and vaccines. After President Trump takes office, he will push for accountability for the CCP’s role in spreading the covid pandemic. More truth behind the pandemic blockade and mandatory vaccines will be revealed. Against the backdrop of an economic downturn, the conflict between the CCP’s corrupt medical system and China’s vast number of medical victims is bound to become another flashpoint for Chinese social conflicts.
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