A strong signal of escalating infighting in the CCP

On January 23, Chinese Communist Party media continued to publicize Xi Jinping‘s January 22 speech at the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. Xinhua News Agency topped a big headline article, “Xi Jinping mentions “three political forces” in one month,” which provides an in-depth interpretation of Xi’s speech, saying, “Political corruption is the biggest corruption. Some corrupt elements have formed interest groups in an attempt to steal power from the party and the state and engage in unorganized activities”.

The article uses the so-called “political judgment, political comprehension, and political execution” to say that some people are “trying to steal the power of the Party and the state.

On January 11, Xi Jinping suddenly said that “Time and momentum are on our side, and this is where our determination and strength lie” and that “we must be prepared for all kinds of foreseeable and unforeseeable storms, shocking events and challenges. The company also said that “we should enhance our survivability in the midst of all kinds of foreseeable and unforeseeable storms and turbulent waves”.

In Xi’s view, it seems that external shocks are not the most important, but those from within are more deadly. The first subheading of the Xinhua article says, “A struggle that cannot afford to lose and must not be lost,” which is clearly an internal struggle, not an external one.

The second subheading says, “Behind the problem of corruption, there is often a political problem”. This is tantamount to directly telling the whole party that the so-called anti-corruption is not mainly against corrupt officials, but a political struggle internally, and that the Discipline Inspection Commission has become a tool for internal fighting. According to the article, “political and economic problems are intertwined, threatening the political security of the party and the state” and “many corrupt elements are not only economically corrupt, but also politically metamorphosed …… seriously violate political discipline and political rules “.

The article also depicts that “some corrupt people hide very deep, very disguised …… some public occasions to say to resolutely implement the Party Central Committee’s decisions and deployments, but behind the scenes to engage in resistance, the yang-fang subversion”.

The first meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China in 2021 was held on January 7, and the report repeatedly stressed the importance of “firmly upholding the authority and centralized leadership of the Party Central Committee” and “firmly upholding the authority and centralized leadership of the Party Central Committee”. Firmly maintain Xi Jinping …… the core of the Party Central Committee, the core of the Party”, and finally directly named Wang Huning in charge of the Central Secretariat, saying that “the Central Secretariat should take the lead …… Implement the deployment requirements of the Central Political Bureau and the Standing Committee of the Central Political Bureau …… solidly complete the tasks entrusted by the Party Central Committee”.

It is quite rare for Xi Jinping to authorize the party media to publicly poke holes in the reality of intense infighting. The Xinhua News Agency article did not point out how many people in the CPC “behind the scenes but engaged in boycotts and yin and yang defiance”, but it should not be an individual, otherwise there is no need to publish such a fierce propaganda release.

The article said, “This year, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection issued within 11 days of the disciplinary notification of seven cadres in the management. Of these seven, six were noted to have violated the Party’s political discipline.”

This indicates that there are indeed not a few people who have gone against Xi Jinping, and the series of punishments at the beginning of 2021 is quite an example to the monkeys. The article also cites the example of “Deng Zuolin …… involved in gangsterism within the party …… ardent political speculation …… delusional discussion of the Party Central Committee “; “Wen Guodong on the Party Central Committee’s major decisions and deployments perfunctory, another set”; “Liu Guoqiang …… disloyal and dishonest to the Party, engage in two-faced factions, do two-faced people “…… article said, to “focus on investigating and dealing with political and economic issues intertwined corruption cases, timely these ‘two-faced faction’ ‘two-faced people The article says that we should “focus on investigating and dealing with corruption cases where political and economic issues are intertwined, and promptly identify and remove these ‘two-faced’ ‘two-faced people’ to eliminate major political dangers.

Xi instructed the Communist Party media to publicly list so many targets of infighting, going out of their way to expose them in public, eager to send a warning to political opponents, revealing the extent of the CCP’s white-hot infighting.

The article also said that many of the serious environmental incidents investigated and dealt with over the years “started with political discipline and pushed for a fundamental solution to the problem,” thus requiring “strong political supervision.

The year 2021 is not even over yet, and the drama of the CCP’s infighting is already in full swing. 23 January marks the first anniversary of Wuhan’s closure, and with the Epidemic now raging around the city, the CCP’s top brass continues to care little for the lives of the people, and their real concern remains their own survival. 2021 will not only be a year of survival for the current CCP top brass, but also a year of intense infighting that will exacerbate the problem of the CCP regime’s survival.