Recently, Wang Yang, chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), who is in charge of border affairs, led a research group to Inner Mongolia. The chairman of the Inner Mongolia government, Bu Xiaolin, disappeared again and did not appear to accompany Wang Yang. This has aroused public concern.
From April 12 to 14, CPPCC Chairman Wang Yang led a research group to visit Hohhot, Baotou, Tongliao and Xilingole in Inner Mongolia. According to the Chinese Communist Party media, Wang Yang’s visit was mainly about ethnic affairs and governance in Inner Mongolia, and called for dealing with the relationship between commonality and differences, and making efforts to solve deep-seated problems in the ethnic field.
In the video and two photos released by the newspaper, Inner Mongolia Party Secretary Shi Taifeng is shown accompanying Wang Yang, but Inner Mongolia Government Chairman Bu Xiaolin is missing. Neither Shi Taifeng nor Bu Xiaolin was mentioned in the party media’s text reports.
The Dovetail.com with the title “Wang Yang supervises Inner Mongolia, why is Bu Xiaolin missing again” said, according to the usual practice, Shi Taifeng and Bu Xiaolin, both should appear to accompany Wang Yang research. But the video and photos of the scene only Shi Taifeng, but not Bu Xiaolin.
Bu Xiaolin fainted
In fact, in the past six months, Bu Xiaolin has repeatedly absent from important political activities.
On January 26, when the Inner Mongolia People’s Congress opened, Bu Xiaolin suddenly fainted while giving a government work report at the meeting. Her voice suddenly cut off and then stopped, and there was a commotion at the scene as more than a dozen staff members from the podium ran to the platform to carry her away.
Then, the live microphone sounded “please be quiet”, the live broadcast was interrupted, and the big screen remained on the page of “Bu Xiaolin doing the government work report”.
After Bu Xiaolin fainted, social media posts about Bu Xiaolin’s fainting were deleted one after another on Weibo, and news of a stroke was once reported.
Bu Xiaolin missed many important events
Later, Bu Xiaolin missed the closing ceremony of the Inner Mongolia People’s Congress on Jan. 30 and the closing ceremony of the Inner Mongolia Political Consultative Conference on Jan. 29.
On March 5, during the Communist Party’s two sessions, Xi Jinping attended the Inner Mongolia delegation’s deliberations, and live video showed that Bu Xiaolin still did not show up. Moreover, he did not hold the position of deputy head of the Inner Mongolia delegation for the year.
The Chinese Communist Party also did not officially report on Bu Xiaolin or give its reason for her fainting spell.
The question of Bu Xiaolin’s movement has been rumored, Bu Xiaolin had a stroke attack, but also may be involved in the local official corruption speculation. If it is only a physical illness and other episodic problems that do not affect personnel changes, the local government should at least explain to the public.
Bu Xiaolin appeared in Beijing on March 22, about 10 days after the end of the two sessions. According to the mainland agricultural blog, “China – Inner Mongolia grain quality development index” conference was held in Beijing on the same day, Bu Xiaolin attended.
On March 30, Bu Xiaolin attended a meeting in Hohhot to discuss financial support for the autonomous region’s 14th Five-Year Plan. This is also her last public appearance as of now.
In April 13 to 15, the Inner Mongolia government held the 3rd group study in 2021, Bu Xiaolin also did not appear. The meeting was chaired by Zhang Shaochun, a member of the Standing Committee of the Inner Mongolia Party Committee and executive vice chairman of the government.
As for the reason why Bu Xiaolin did not show up many times, the official did not have any explanation.
Bu Xiaolin’s grandfather had the name “King of Mongolia
Bu Xiaolin, 63, was a member of the Standing Committee of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Minister of United Front Work. He is now the deputy secretary of the party committee and chairman of the government of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and a member of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
Bu Xiaolin’s grandfather, Ulanfu, was a general of the Communist Party of China, vice chairman of the State Council, vice premier of the State Council, vice chairman of the National People’s Congress, vice chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, and the first chairman and secretary of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and was known as the “King of Mongolia”.
Bu Xiaolin’s father, Bucher, was the former Vice Chairman of the National People’s Congress of the Communist Party of China and Chairman of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. His family is the first family in the history of the CCP to have three generations of grandchildren in control of the same provincial administrative region.
She is an integral part of both the normal political operation of Inner Mongolia and Wang Yang’s ongoing research on the governance of ethnic-related affairs in Inner Mongolia, which has raised concerns and suspicions about her “disappearance.
According to Dovi, the background of Wang Yang’s trip to Inner Mongolia is that the Chinese Communist government has been focusing on ethnic-related issues in this border region in recent years, with the goal of solving deep-seated problems in the ethnic area. It is against this backdrop that the “textbook controversy”, which has attracted attention, has occurred.
Bu Xiaolin, chairman of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region government. (Video screenshot)
Bu Xiaolin’s “disappearance” is related to the “textbook fiasco” in Inner Mongolia?
The news that Bu Xiaolin is not feeling well may be related to the stress caused by the “textbook fiasco” in Inner Mongolia.
In late August 2020, officials in Inner Mongolia called for Mongolian-language schools to promote the use of China’s national textbook and strengthen Chinese language instruction, triggering mass protests and strikes by Mongolians. The authorities have carried out a strong crackdown amid rumors that some 5,000 people have been arrested, 13 have committed suicide, and those arrested have been sent to so-called rule of law education centers.
According to sources, the Communist government forced local officials to go on television to express their support for the policy, but six officials were dismissed from their posts after refusing. Inner Mongolia has been completely silenced, with authorities listening to or following every journalist who tries to go there.
Recently, it has also been reported that there are still arrests of protesters and plans to recruit 300 Chinese language teachers nationwide to teach in Inner Mongolia’s ethnic schools. This indicates that the Communist Party’s high-level plan to forcefully promote the Chinese language, which has been criticized as exterminating the Mongolian culture, remains unchanged.
The party committee and government of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region have met several times to ask for profound reflection and in-depth search for deep-seated causes. Meanwhile, Hou Yuan, director of the Education Department of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and Bao Zhenyu, secretary general of the government, were removed from their posts. It is also suspected that the Communist Party’s Ethnic Affairs Commission has changed hands as a result, with Chen Xiaojiang, former deputy secretary of the Commission, replacing Bateer, who is of Mongolian origin, as the head of the Commission.
Big Shakeup in Inner Mongolia Officialdom
Since February 28, 2020, the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) has been conducting a 20-year investigation in Inner Mongolia, and since then, officials in Inner Mongolia have frequently fallen, especially those in the energy and coal sectors. The official field in Inner Mongolia has intensified the shock.
Xi Jinping on March 5 to participate in the National People’s Congress Inner Mongolia delegation meeting, then stressed that the Communist Party officials with state resources to engage in bribery, power and money transactions, is to count the total account.
On March 6, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection State Supervision Commission website said that up to now, the Inner Mongolia region’s discipline inspection and supervision organs at all levels have filed a total of 676 cases of corruption involving coal mines 960 people, investigated and punished 61 cadres at the department and bureau level, 216 cadres at the county level. In total, more than 1,400 people have been dealt with and disciplined throughout Inner Mongolia.
In the afternoon of March 19, the Inner Mongolia Discipline Inspection Commission announced that six more officials are suspected of serious disciplinary violations and are currently under disciplinary review and supervisory investigation. three of the six are from energy and other enterprises, and two are from the political and legal system.
The Apple Daily previously cited an analysis that Xi Jinping’s launch of an anti-corruption storm in Inner Mongolia is actually a reference to his top political rival Jiang Zemin and his cronies. Inner Mongolia is the birthplace of Liu Yunshan, a top member of Jiang Zemin’s faction, who has been operating there for more than 20 years and has built a vast network of interests, with his family owning tens of billions of yuan in assets.
He is a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Politburo when Xi Jinping first came to power, and a deputy to the National People’s Congress in Inner Mongolia, where he retired in 2017 with little exposure. The report said that next year is the 20th Communist Party of China top change, Xi Jinping to strive for a third term, this year will be his last chance to clear the opposition forces.
Recent Comments