China’s veterans ask angrily on New Year’s Day: Who has kept the prosperity that King Xi promised me?

On New Year’s Day this year, Gao Hongyi, a 76-year-old veteran of the former 38th Army, listened to the celebrations on the streets of Qingdao and angrily questioned: I joined the army at the age of 17 and enlisted in Lin Biao’s 38th Army at the age of 18. Should I be retired? Should I be old and secure? Xi Jinping and Wang Qishan’s promise of full prosperity in 2020 has been reneged?

According to a January 2 report by Overseas Rights Defense Network, in the year 2020 that has passed, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, has repeatedly stressed the need to achieve full well-off, and Wang Qishan, vice president of the state, has even made it clear that China’s achievement of well-off in 2020 is not a problem and will only exceed that goal. But how convincing can this promise of an all-round well-off society be when even veterans living in the developed region of Qingdao, Shandong Province, cannot solve the problem of food and clothing? In this regard, Gao Hongyi said: Who exactly has intercepted the well-off promised to me? I hope that Xi Jinping and Wang Qishan will check it out, if it was embezzled by the embezzlers, please Xi Jinping and Wang Qishan must find this person, so that I can enjoy the promise of Xi Jinping and Wang Qishan to the people (including myself)! I have been waiting for a whole year!

Gao Hongyi, a veteran of the famous 38th Army who was demobilized in the late 1970s, was sentenced to two years in prison by the Shannan District Court in Qingdao, Shandong Province, for “disturbing social order” in 2017 for participating in the national veterans’ “5.11” rally and giving interviews to international media. “He was sentenced to 2 years in prison until May 11, 2018, and is currently being controlled for health codes, cutting off his petition to Beijing.