Chinese President Xi Jinping. Figure: Retrieved from CCTV (file photo)
Hong Kong’s “South China Morning Post” (South China Morning Post) reported on the 18th that China invited European leaders to visit Xi Jinping in China in November. However, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian called it fake news when he hosted a regular press conference on the 19th. In this regard, the “Epoch Times” commentator Yokogawa Jin (20) believes that this incident shows that the struggle between the top leaders of the CCP is fierce.
The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China will be held this fall. The South China Morning Post exclusively reported on the 18th that China invited German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez Visited China in November. The report also pointed out that, affected by the epidemic, this will be the first time a European leader will visit China in three years, and the time will fall in November after the 20th National Congress expected to be held in October.
In this regard, Yokogawa believes that this shows two problems:
1. The zero-clearing policy will be relaxed after the 20th National Congress, because there is no reason to say that the virus will be ordered by the CCP to disappear after the 20th National Congress. The virus epidemic situation before and after the 20th National Congress is the same. It’s not necessary, it’s purely to maintain personal face.
Second, the signal given is that Xi Jinping will definitely be re-elected at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
When Zhao Lijian hosted a regular press conference of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the 19th, he denied that there were European leaders visiting China, saying “this is a fake news.” However, the “South China Morning Post” reported again that although China denied it, its sources confirmed that China did contact European countries on the matter, and pointed out that although China denied it, European diplomats said that Xi Jinping hopes that his third term will be like Napoleon’s There is also a coronation ceremony for the third generation. Although the invitation is not official now, the invitation will be officially issued later this year.
Yokogawa believes that since the source of the news in the report is not a high-level Chinese but a European diplomat, and although Zhao Lijian said it was fake news, he did not say that it was fake news, so it can be judged that the “invitation” is fake news. “After all, there is no formal invitation yet.”
Yokogawa believes that this kind of news is very likely to be released deliberately by the top leaders of the CCP, and it is not aimed at the West, but information warfare and psychological warfare aimed at the internal struggle of the CCP, but this time it also involves Western countries. The significance of the release is mainly to shake the enemy’s military, strengthen one’s own confidence, and win the middle power.
Yokogawa cited the 2011 Hong Kong “ATV” misreporting Jiang Zemin’s death as an example. He believes that as a professional media, he has never believed in the so-called false positives, but was operated by the high-level core members of the CCP to observe whether Jiang factions and centrists would turn to the Hu-Wen system to express their loyalty, “Wait until the correction is made. When the news came out, these people couldn’t go back. Later, I did see such a statement.”
As for some people, it has nothing to do with whether Xi Jinping is re-elected, because he should meet European leaders in the capacity of the president, so it has nothing to do with whether he is re-elected after the 20th National Congress. But Yokogawa believes: “If the 20th National Congress cannot be re-elected, the title of president of a country is so boring, and it is not worth seeing important foreign heads of state at all. It is not necessary to invite European leaders to visit Beijing in four months’ time. Now go try to contact.” Therefore, this incident also shows that the CCP’s high-level internal fighting is indeed fierce.
China invited European leaders to visit Xi Jinping in China in November.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian called it fake news when hosting a regular press conference on the 19th.
Yokogawa, a commentator of The Epoch Times, believes that this incident shows that the struggle between the top leaders of the CCP is fierce.
Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) will run for a third term at this year’s 20th Congress. Photo: Dazhi Image/Associated Press (file photo)