Zhongnanhai infighting is grim, astonishing scene are broadcast to the nation to see
The 12th is the Imperial New Year and the 11th is New Year’s Eve. On February 10, the day before New Year’s Eve, the Chinese Communist Party authorities held a reunion meeting with all the top officials, including the 7 Standing Committee members of the CPC Political Bureau and Vice President Wang Qishan, in attendance. The meeting was hosted by CCP Premier Li Keqiang and addressed by CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping.
After his speech, Xi Jinping sat at the main table in the middle with the other six Politburo Standing Committee members and Wang Qishan to watch the performance on stage. But the outside world found in the video released by the official media of the Communist Party of China that there were several young men sitting around the tables surrounding the main table, forming a posture to defend the main table.
A netizen posted a question, “Who can tell me what these people in the circle are for?”
One stone stirred up a thousand waves. Many netizens pointed: “Zhongnanhai bodyguards.”
“Look carefully in addition to the adjacent tables have back to the main table, the other tables back to the main table are not arranged to sit people, should be the main table’s personal bodyguards.”
“The question is why security to sit on the dining table, normally appear on the side of the hall is enough, right, to say that those who attended the reunion should be the core members, there is a need for such surveillance.”
Several commentators recently told the Epoch Times that the 20th Communist Party Congress is not only about Xi Jinping’s ability to achieve a third term in office, or even a lifetime in power, but also about his personal safety.
Netizens Strike CCTV Spring Festival Gala, Criticize Official Propaganda for Total Left Turn
The Chinese Communist Party’s CCTV Spring Festival Gala made its usual appearance on New Year’s Eve. However, the content of the program is strongly political and has sparked discontent among netizens. Many netizens have gone from complaining that the Spring Festival Gala is full of political overtones in previous years to striking out from watching it.
Some netizens commented that the Spring Festival Gala program is “a cover-up to hide the flaws of the system” and “an insult to the intelligence of normal people. Some pinkos, who usually sing the government’s praises, even commented online, “This year’s Spring Festival Gala is not good.”
Radio Free Asia reported that Huang Xiaomin, a rights activist in Chengdu, said he had long been uninterested in the Spring Festival Gala, and that none of his friends and five relatives and Family members around him had watched it, and there seemed to be no such thing as the Spring Festival Gala.
Ms. Liu, a resident of Shenyang, said she has not watched the CCTV Spring Festival Gala for more than two decades. She said: “The Spring Festival Gala is all about false images, and the real side is that no one dares to tell the truth.”
A scholar who graduated from Shandong University and was born in China’s “reform and opening up” era, Commander’s overall assessment of the Spring Festival Gala is that there is nothing new. He said, “A large part of the program is related to many things that happened in China back then, giving the audience an implicit brainwashing effect, promoting the so-called glorious achievements of the Chinese government in the past year. To give the people a strong dose of nationalism. On Weibo as well as in the comment section of CCTV’s website, it is said that there is no chance to even casually comment on the Spring Festival Gala.”
Mr. Qin, a Hebei-based literature and history scholar, said, “The whole trend of the times is in the direction of the left, the public opinion situation is turning to the left, and the Spring Festival Gala program must become a representative of the left.”
Netizens stuck in Beijing outraged as Xi and Li go around as far as Guizhou and Shanxi to offer condolences
Every year on the eve of the Chinese New Year, leaders of the Communist Party of China (CPC) go to the private sector to “inspect public sentiment”, a move that is officially touted as “pro-people” but which has been touted as a “show” by the public. This year, Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang also went to the same places as in previous years, but were criticized for being completely “ungrounded”. The reason for this is that due to the resurgence of the Epidemic, thousands of foreigners and migrant workers are stuck in Beijing and can not go Home, many netizens complained why Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang went far away to Guizhou and Shaanxi, under the eyes of a large number of people who can not return to their hometowns need to condole. There are also netizens who lament that the biggest wish in 2020 is to stay alive, to 2021 just started to not let go home for the New Year, such a way of admission, it is really not happy.
The Chinese Communist Party Standing Committee Zhao Leji can not protect his brother? Zhongnanhai brewing huge changes
The picture is a file photo of Zhao Leji.
On the eve of the Chinese New Year, Zhao Le Qin, deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region People’s Congress, stepped down as secretary of the Guilin Municipal Committee. The pro-Xi camp media specifically pointed out that two of Zhao’s predecessors had fallen from grace. Zhao Leqin is the brother of Zhao Leji, a member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party’s Political Bureau and secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. The outside world is concerned that Zhao Leji’s deep involvement in the Qinling Villa case in Shaanxi and the illegal coal mining case in Qinghai is still fermenting.
On February 11, Caixin.com published a report, “61-year-old Zhao Le Qin, deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Guangxi People’s Congress, stepped down as secretary of the Guilin Municipal Party Committee”. The article highlighted that Zhao’s predecessors, Li Daqiu and Liu Jun, both of whom have since fallen from power due to corruption.
Zhao Leqin was transferred from Shaanxi to Guangxi in January 2008, replacing Li Daqiu as Hezhou municipal party secretary, who moved on to become vice chairman of the Guangxi CPPCC; in July 2013, Li Daqiu was investigated; in October 2014, he was sentenced to 15 years in prison and confiscated his personal property of RMB 2 million for taking bribes.
On the same day that Caixin.com reported Zhao Leqin’s stepping down from his post in connection with the fall of his two predecessors, on February 11, several land media disclosed details of the corruption of Zhao Li, a former member of the Standing Committee of the Guangxi Chongzuo Municipal Committee and former secretary of the Daxin County Committee, who was reportedly a beautiful secretary promoted by Zhao Leqin, who amassed more than 10 million yuan and was sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison.
According to the Chinese prosecution network indictment shows, Zhao Li since the Daxin County Party Secretary began to enrich, embezzlement of more than 13 million, his full-Time driver acted as a “cashier” share of the stolen money more than four million.
Hong Kong government proposes legal amendment to ban any individual from leaving Hong Kong
Since Beijing implemented the National Security Law in June 2020, an increasing number of activists and former elected officials from the pan-democratic camp have fled the former British colony of Hong Kong and gone into exile. The political situation in Hong Kong in general has led to an exodus of Hong Kongers who have taken advantage of the immigration opportunities offered by the United Kingdom, Canada and Taiwan, among others.
AFP reports that in late January, the Hong Kong government proposed an amendment to an existing law. This amendment gives the Director of Immigration the power to prohibit individuals from leaving Hong Kong without first resorting to a court ruling.
The Hong Kong Bar Association argued that if new powers must be given to prevent Hong Kong residents and non-residents from leaving the region, …… should be the courts, not the director, to decide when to impose a travel ban.
Lawyers for the Hong Kong Bar Association pointed out that there are already legal weapons to prevent individuals from leaving Hong Kong, and that the National Security Law provides for the confiscation of travel documents in certain circumstances, so it is “difficult to understand” why a new legislative text is needed.
Chinese history cartoons on Taiwan’s campuses accused of brainwashing students
Chinese published cartoons have taken over Taiwan’s bookstores in recent years.
A recent outbreak of Chinese children’s books in Taiwan, “Waiting for Daddy to Come Home,” which glorified China’s epidemic prevention measures during the epidemic, prompted DPP legislators to question “China’s red reading plan to invade Taiwan?” Radio Free Asia tracked down and found that many historical comics from the mainland have been published in traditional Chinese characters through Taiwanese publishers, without Parents and students being aware of it, and have been widely circulated among campuses, even making the best-selling book list in Taiwan.
The series “If History Were a Bunch of Meow”, compiled and illustrated by one of the biggest anime vloggers in mainland China, has been published in Taiwan up to the seventh episode, which has been circulated among students in many elementary school campuses in Taiwan, causing lively discussions.
In an interview, Xiao Xin, who is a junior in Taipei, said, “The first episode is about the ancient times of the Xia and Shang dynasties. He drew him as a cartoon, because I like to read cartoons, my mother recommended me a set of books. Because although it is a history book, but drawn as a cartoon shallow and easy to understand.”
The brothers Kai and Xun, who are in Primary 3 and Primary 1 respectively, usually go to the library with their mother to borrow this set of books to read at home. “I’ve read all of them, all episodes 1-6. My mom used to take us to the store and see it and thought it was funny, and we have it at school.”
The set of books was published by Taiwan’s Wild Man Press, but the set was actually published by China’s Heilongjiang Fine Arts Press. In addition to the books, there is also a network animation, the introduction reads “cartoons not only respond to the central government on ‘promote the excellent Chinese traditional Culture‘ call, or cultural innovation and ‘Education and fun’ a new exploration and attempt. “
Xiao Xin and Xiao Kai’s mother learned when interviewed that the original set of cartoons came from China.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture responded that it is still in the process of revising the law.
Amazon involved in helping Chinese Communist Party persecute people, U.S. lawmakers from both parties demand explanation
On Wednesday, February 10, Democratic Senator Bob Menendez (D-NY), who chairs the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, and Marco Rubio (R-FL), who co-chairs the congressional and executive branch China committees, recently joined forces to take on Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, questioning Amazon’s work with Dahua Technology to develop facial recognition software used to spy on people by the Chinese Communist Party. The two senators are also questioning Amazon’s joint efforts with Dahua Technology to develop facial recognition software to monitor and report on the activities of the Uighur population in Xinjiang for the Chinese Communist Party.
Voice of America reports that the two senators also asked Bezos if he was aware that Dahua was on the U.S. Commerce Department’s entity (black) list when he negotiated and signed the $10 million deal with the Chinese company. They also wanted to know what criteria Amazon has in place when deciding to terminate business relationships with entities that trample on human rights?
While purchasing equipment from Dahua is not illegal, it does raise questions about you as Amazon’s CEO,” the two lawmakers said. If the allegations against Dahua are true, it would mean that Amazon intentionally ignored U.S. government guidance and purchased equipment from a company that was (blacklisted) as an entity and was involved in Chinese (Communist) atrocities against Uighurs.”
Chinese Communist Party Uses Tech Vendors for Perennial Intelligence Gathering
The Central News Agency cited a Bloomberg report that said Beijing authorities use technology vendors for long-term intelligence work. Former U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation officials said this underscores the widespread risks in the global supply chain.
In 2010, the report said, the U.S. Department of Defense discovered that thousands of its computer servers were sending military network data to China, which was later found to be due to malicious code hidden in the chips that execute boot programs.
In 2014, semiconductor giant Intel discovered that a Chinese hacker group had used a server to compromise Intel’s network, and that the server downloaded malicious software from the website of a vendor that provided updates.
In 2015, the FBI warned several companies that Chinese spies had hidden a chip containing additional back-end code in a manufacturer’s server.
The report said these incidents involved two common elements: China and California-based Supermicro. Another feature is that U.S. intelligence units were aware of the incident but kept it secret in an attempt to conduct counterintelligence work to get to the bottom of China.
Jay Tabb, a former senior FBI official, noted that the Supermicro incident highlights the broader risks to the global supply chain, “The Chinese Communist authorities have been doing this for a long time, and companies have to understand that China (Communist Party) is still doing it. Silicon Valley in particular cannot pretend that this is not happening right now.”
U.S. Shows Military Power to China and Russia, Tests Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile
After the Chinese Communist Party claimed to have successfully tested land-based midcourse anti-missile interceptor technology, the U.S. Navy confirmed Wednesday (10) that an Ohio-class strategic nuclear submarine had test-fired a Trident II D5 submarine-launched ballistic missile without a nuclear warhead the previous day in the Atlantic Ocean as part of ongoing evaluation tests to ensure the weapon system continues to be reliable. The test launch drew public attention, and the military confirmed that before the test launch, people in Florida witnessed the missile’s flight path and reported it as an unidentified flying object.
U.S. military website The War Zone reported on Thursday (11) that the test may be related to the introduction of the W76-2 low-yield nuclear warhead, and does not rule out the possibility of involving a modified version of the W88 nuclear warhead under development. The timing of the test also raised concerns, as the Chinese Defense Ministry announced on the 4th of this month that it had successfully tested land-based midcourse anti-missile interception technology. Biden and Russia agreed to extend the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), which limits the number of nuclear weapons and expires this year, until 2026, to self-restrain and allow the Chinese Communist Party to develop.
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