Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji once publicly said, “If Hong Kong is messed up, the Chinese Communist Party will be a national sinner”.
In the latest popularity ranking of the top 10 cross-strait political figures, Xi Jinping lags far behind former CCP leaders Zhu Rongji, Wen Jiabao and Hu Jintao, as well as Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen.
On February 2, HKUPOP released its semi-annual popularity ratings of cross-strait political figures. Results showed that former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji topped the list with 67.7 marks, while former Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao ranked second with 61.9 marks and former Chinese President Hu Jintao ranked third with 58 marks.
The 4th place went to current CPC Premier Li Keqiang with 54.5 marks, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen ranked 5th with 52.8 marks, and current CPC President Xi Jinping ranked 6th with 50.9 marks.
It is widely believed that Zhu Rongji is at the top of the list because he implemented a relatively lenient policy towards Hong Kong when he was in office. He said publicly at the Hong Kong Government House on November 19, 2002, “If Hong Kong is messed up, we [the Chinese Communist government] are the national sinners”. During his term of office, Xi Jinping implemented the “Hong Kong version of the National Security Law“, turning “one country, two systems” into “one country, one system” in Hong Kong.
Justine (a pseudonym), spokesperson for the Taiwanese and Hong Kong youth organization “Border City Youth”, told the Central News Agency that it was “not surprising” that Tsai Tsai-ying, as the elected president, ranked higher than the totalitarian leader, showing that Hong Kong people are thirsty for democracy.
Justine said that nowadays, Hong Kong people can see that the Chinese Communist authorities are using “one country, two systems” to gradually control Hong Kong. In the past, under the framework of “one country, two systems”, even if there was no democracy in Hong Kong, the Chinese Communist authorities did not “take the initiative to eat away our freedom” as they are doing now.
According to Hong Kong Institute of Public Opinion Research (HKIPR) Deputy CEO Jianhua Zhong, the three outgoing Communist Party leaders have much higher ratings than the current ones, and the Communist Party leaders should think deeply.
“It is really worthwhile for us to think about why, why not the ones who are in power now rank the highest?” said Chung, adding that Xi Jinping has the highest popularity (77%), while the 3rd to 10th ranked cross-strait political figures have only 5% to 30% popularity, reflecting Hong Kong people’s growing alienation from the CCP.
According to Chung, Hong Kong people’s distrust and dissatisfaction with the Chinese Communist Party remains high, probably because they are still unhappy with the Communist Party’s concealment of the Epidemic and the implementation of the “Hong Kong version of the National Security Law”.
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