2024-03-22 05:42:23
On March 11, 2024, a representative left the General Assembly Hall after the closing session of the 14th National People’s Congress in Beijing. (WANG ZHAO/AFP via Getty Images)
[The Epoch Times, March 22, 2024](Comprehensive report by Epoch Times reporter Ning Haizhong) Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping has vigorously cracked down on corruption since he took office. Recently, his official media published an article again mentioning “strict party governance”, but emphasized that it is not We must “control people to death and make them depressed.” At the recently concluded “Two Sessions” of the Communist Party of China, Prime Minister Li Qiang’s press conference was cancelled, and the authorities revised the law to strengthen the central government’s control over the State Council. Many analysts believe that the CCP, from the prime minister down to the grassroots, is losing its officials one after another, making the system more fragile, and the CCP may suddenly enter the post-Xi era.
On March 15, Xi Jinping published a signed article in the Chinese Communist Party’s official media “Qiushi” magazine, emphasizing the need to “strictly govern the party,” and specifically pointed out that “the purpose of strictly governing the party is not to control people to death and make them hesitant and fearful. It has become a stagnant pool of lifelessness and inaction,” Xi said. He wanted to point out the direction and establish rules for officials to start their own businesses.
In an interview with Voice of America, Wang Chi-sheng, secretary-general of the Taiwan Chinese Asia-Pacific Elite Exchange Association, said that the result of “strict party governance” is that everyone is politically loyal to Xi, but in fact more local officials choose to be indifferent.
He said that there is only a thin line between strict party governance and corruption. If you are not careful, you will become the target of struggle and liquidation. Therefore, many local officials believe that doing more will make more mistakes, and doing less will make fewer mistakes, so they simply choose to lie down. Xi Hui specifically pointed it out in the conversation, which shows that he himself is aware of this crisis and consciously hopes to reverse and stimulate the economic initiative of local officials.
Chinese dissident Ji Feng said in an interview with Voice of America that many of his classmates and friends are cadres at the local department and bureau level. In the past, they had to take the initiative to ask for instructions and reports from their superiors from time to time. Now, as long as there are no requirements from the superiors, they try not to do anything. Touch, just maintain the status quo. “Many people are unwilling to do things. If you can, do as little as possible.”
Ding Shufan, an honorary professor at the School of International Affairs at National Chengchi University in Taiwan, told The Epoch Times on March 16 that the problem of officials being punished began after Wang Qishan, Xi’s first term, helped him fight corruption. It has been several years now, and it is clear that the cadres are getting more and more helpless. Xi Jinping is probably aware of this, so on the one hand, he must strictly manage, and on the other hand, he must make cadres responsible.
However, Ding Shufan believes that Xi’s personal lectures will not help the situation and no one will take him seriously. “Because your standards are not specific, the bureaucracy basically has to have a bottom line and standards before it can do things. So I think the cadres should take a look at it, and of course they should be perfunctory on the surface.”
In response to Xi’s remarks, political commentator Chen Pokong published an article in “Free Asia” saying that the death of officials is the retribution Xi Jinping deserves. Just think about it, what does “comprehensive and strict governance of the party” mean? Former Politburo Standing Committee member Zhang Gaoli sexually assaulted tennis champion Peng Shuai, causing a shocking international scandal. Has he been punished? Everyone in the party knows that the so-called “comprehensive and strict governance of the party” means selective arrests and political revenge, all based on whether they stand with Xi Jinping.
The article believes that the officialdom is lifeless and officials have been laid to death collectively, ranging from Prime Minister Li Qiang to grassroots cadres in villages and towns. This is inevitable and a characteristic of the Xi era, especially after the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. This has become the official climate of the Xi era. Obviously, Xi Jinping himself is helpless in the face of this new normal in officialdom.
In March this year, the CCP held two sessions of the National People’s Congress and the Political Consultative Conference, which showed a series of changes: the session period was shortened, the closing ceremony was shortened and ended hastily; representatives and committee members remained silent or read from the script, and the overall atmosphere of the session was dull. During the two sessions, the authorities not only canceled the Prime Minister’s press conference and ended the last platform for the Prime Minister to communicate with Chinese and foreign journalists, but also completely weakened the State Council and completely eclipsed the role of the Prime Minister by amending the “Organic Law of the State Council”.
Chen Pokong’s article stated that Xi Jinping’s move further earned him notoriety throughout the world, and also further promoted officials to be vindicated. The Yanjiao explosion that occurred after the Two Sessions is a proof of this. The big explosion shook the capital, as well as at home and abroad, but throughout the CCP, officials were all lying flat. Not only did Xi Jinping and Li Qiang fail to inspect the site, they did not even issue instructions or instructions to express their concerns. Even the so-called parents of Hebei Province—the official secretary of the provincial party committee and the governor—have not been seen.
An unpopular commentary published on March 20 believed that Xi Jinping upgraded the authoritarian system to a totalitarian system, leading China back to the Mao Zedong era more than 40 years ago, leading to a complete collapse of politics, economy and society; Such protests are increasing rapidly, and the social pressure cooker may burst at any time; Xi Jinping dismissed more than 20 congress representatives, nearly half of whom were soldiers, indicating that there are many signs of dissatisfaction with Xi in the military.
The article believes that in all fields, from south to north, black swans can be seen everywhere, which may lead to a sudden moment of mutation in China. The possibility that the CCP system will break is getting higher and higher, and the post-Xi era may suddenly arrive.
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