Observers believe that political reform is impossible in the CCP because reform would mean the death of the party.
Wang Chen, a vice chairman of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and considered a staunch supporter of CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping, recently published an op-ed in which he referred to Xi Jinping’s “rising in the east and falling in the west. He also claimed that the CCP’s rule of law must not follow the Western path of “constitutionalism,” “tripartite power” and “judicial independence. Observers believe that the CCP cannot carry out political reform because reform would mean the death of the party.
Xi Jinping’s Hardcore Wang Chen Writes About Xi’s “Rule of Law”
The Chinese Communist Party website published an article by Wang Chen on Tuesday (20) about Xi Jinping’s so-called rule of law ideology, in which Wang Chen said that the CCP’s rule of law must not “copy the models and practices of other countries” and must not follow the Western “constitutionalism,” “tripartite rule” or “rule of law. The rule of law, Wang Chen said, must not “copy the models and practices of other countries,” and must not follow the Western “constitutional government,” “tripartite power,” “judicial independence.
Wang Chen claimed that the unprecedented changes of the century imply the reorganization of the world order, the “rise of world power in the east and the fall of the west”, and the transformation of the era of international rule of law.
Wang Chen also said that the Chinese Communist Party will actively participate in international rule-making and make more Chinese (CCP) voices heard.
Wang Chen, the top-ranking vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), was one of 14 NPC vice chairmen sanctioned by the U.S. decision on Hong Kong late last year, and the highest-ranking party member of the 14. He was a member of the 16th to 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and a member of the 19th Central Political Bureau.
Wang Chen, born in December 1950, is two years younger than Xi Jinping, who was recommended by him to get a ticket to Tsinghua University because he and Xi went from Beijing to the Yan’an area together to join the troops that year. After Xi made his fortune, he took extra care of him, which led to Wang Chen’s official appointment as the head of the vice chairman of the NPC. In addition, Xi Jinping amended the constitution in 2018, Wang Chen is one of the main manipulators.
Observers: CCP fears death if it really wants political reform
In an interview with Radio Free Asia, Zhang Guangzhong, a member of the judiciary in Shaanxi Province, said, “The Chinese Communist Party has always held the position that China cannot go for “constitutionalism”, “tripartite power” and “judicial independence” in the West. The same position has been held by successive leaders of the Communist Party of China, but it was weakened in the process of reform and opening up in earlier years.
Zhang Guangzhong said that this time Wang Chen’s old article is actually singing the praises of the so-called new era of legal thought, indicating that now it is no longer learning from the Western side of the legal system. On the way back.
Zhou Qiang, president of the Communist Party’s Supreme Court, had made statements in January 2017 that sparked a backlash, “resolutely resisting Western constitutional democracy and the separation of powers” and “daring to shine a light on judicial independence.”
In January 2019, Xi Jinping claimed at the first meeting of the Central Committee for the Comprehensive Rule of Law that the CPC’s leadership of the rule of law should be strengthened, that it must not copy the models and practices of other countries, and that it must not go the way of judicial independence. At the time, some scholars argued that this statement was a step backwards for China’s legal system.
In recent years, China’s human rights lawyers have been severely suppressed, and Xi Jinping’s speech at the “Central Work Conference on the Comprehensive Rule of Law” last November was first exposed in the party magazine Quyi in March this year. Xi criticized “very few lawyers” for their “weak political awareness and even malicious attacks on China’s political system and rule of law system,” claiming that “support for the leadership of the Communist Party of China” should be a basic requirement for lawyers to practice law. The basic requirement for the practice of law. Xi also stressed that he would never follow the path of Western constitutionalism, separation of powers, or judicial independence.
In 2012, then-Premier Wen Jiabao told foreign journalists at a press conference in China and abroad that reform had reached a critical stage, and that without successful reform of the political system, it would be impossible to carry out reform of the economic system to the end, and that the gains made could be lost again.
Chen Jiangang, a Chinese human rights lawyer, said that under China’s current system, it is impossible for leaders to carry out political reforms. Once the Communist Party relinquishes power and carries out political reforms, the public will hold the party accountable for its past.
“The sins created over the past 70 years or so will be slowly revealed and will lead to a so-called historical reckoning. This actually means death for the Communist Party.” Chen said.
For Wang Chen also said to the Communist Party will actively participate in international rule-making and make more Chinese (CCP) voice. Shaanxi judicial figure Zhang Guangzhong believes that from the so-called war wolf diplomacy to Xi Jinping’s recent reiteration of “building a community of human destiny” in his speech at the annual Boao Forum for Asia, it shows that the CCP is trying to compete for international discourse.
“Now China is emphasizing the need to have its own discourse and its own discourse system in various settings, while establishing its own ‘socialist legal system’, the so-called rule by law. In reality, it is doing things under the one-party dictatorship.” Zhang Guangzhong said.
What is the “East is rising, West is falling” that Xi Jinping is talking about?
Wang Chen’s article refers to Xi Jinping’s “rising from the east and falling from the west.
Xi Jinping has recently worked to create the impression that “time and momentum are on our side” at home, proclaiming the miracle of poverty eradication and proposing the so-called 2035 Vision Plan in his domestic policy, while in his foreign policy, he has suggested that the world trend is “rising in the east and falling in the west” and has named the United States In terms of foreign policy, Xi’s “East is rising, West is falling” and lists the United States as the number one enemy. Xi’s “east is rising, west is falling” and the U.S. is the biggest enemy were first reported in the official media on Feb. 25 by the propaganda department of the Qilian County Party Committee in Qinghai Province.
Derek Scissors, a researcher at the American Enterprise Institute, a public policy research think tank, was quoted by Voice of America on March 14 as saying that it is funny to suggest that the “East is rising and the West is falling” is a major trend in the world today. He thinks it is the same thing as Mao Zedong’s saying “the east wind overwhelms the west wind”, only 65 years later. This statement was not true 65 years ago, and it may not be true today, 65 years later.
For his part, Feng Chongyi, a professor of Chinese studies at the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia, said this could be well explained by Xi’s upbringing, as Xi grew up with a Mao-era education, which was, “The enemy rots day by day, we get better day by day.”
Voice of America reports that the rapidly aging population that is causing serious problems for China’s social and economic development today is entirely the result of the Communist Party’s authoritarian dictatorship, including the adoption of forced sterilization and forced abortions over a period of decades, but instead of acknowledging its mistakes, apologizing, and even making reparations, the Communist regime, led by Xi Jinping, has attempted to make a difference by emphasizing struggle, including with international hostile forces, with the United States Instead, it tries to divert attention by emphasizing the struggle, including the struggle with international hostile forces, with the United States, and by inciting nationalism and even war.
In his article, the commentator Wei Pu analyzes the recent incident in which the Chinese Communist Party was sanctioned by the West on human rights issues and was isolated internationally, arguing that the Chinese Communist Party misjudged the “eastern ascension” and the “western descent”, and misjudged the European awareness of human rights and the international human rights alliance. Clearly, director general Xi Jinping is making a strategic mistake.
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