China’s National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and National People’s Congress meetings this week will be compressed to one week, ending on March 11, due to the New coronavirus outbreak. The start of school in Beijing‘s universities and colleges has been postponed to March 15. Bao Tong, the political secretary of former Communist Party General Secretary Zhao Ziyang, was again banned from speaking out, and independent media personality Gao Yu and more than a dozen members of the Guizhou Human Rights Seminar were forced to travel.
The fourth session of the 13th National People’s Congress will be held in Beijing on March 5, 2021, while the fourth session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference will be held in Beijing on March 4, 2021. The atmosphere in the capital Beijing is unprecedentedly tense. Bao Tong, Zhao Ziyang’s political secretary, has been warned not to give interviews to the media and make comments online during the two sessions, a source close to the matter disclosed to the station.
The source said, “A few days ago, the authorities approached Bao Tong and asked him not to give interviews, write articles or tweet, and Bao replied, “I understand.
Gao Yu, a Beijing-based independent media personality, told the station that the authorities told her she was not allowed to give interviews during the two sessions of the National People’s Congress, and that she would be guarded in the residential area where she lives from Tuesday.
Gao Yu said: “I received a notice from the authorities that I will be put under guard in the courtyard. They have informed me yesterday.
More than a dozen people have been traveled to Guizhou human rights seminar
In Guiyang, more than 2,000 kilometers from Beijing, more than a dozen members of the Guizhou Human Rights Seminar were also taken out of their homes by the Guizhou Municipal Public Security Bureau’s State Security on Tuesday and forced to travel to the outskirts of the city. Li Renke, a member of the seminar, said when queried by the station that he was notified by the police last Saturday.’
Li Renke said: On Saturday, the state security called to tell me that they were coming over to take a look and find out what was going on. Yesterday, I was told that I would be taken out around noon today, Tuesday, and that I should make some preparations, and that I should not bring my cell phone and try to cooperate with them to complete this so-called mission.
In the past, during China’s “two sessions” or the anniversary of June 4, members of the Guizhou Human Rights Seminar were taken by state security to the outskirts of Guiyang for a “vacation” until they passed the so-called sensitive period. Li Renke believes that this Time is no exception.
Li Renke said, “The situation of other friends and me is probably no different, basically they will all be taken away, because they (the authorities) are acting in unison. There are about ten people who may be taken away, including Zeng Ning, Huang Yanming, Liao Shuangyuan, Wu Yuqin, Shen Youlian, and Yang Shaozheng (a university professor), all of whom are expected to be taken away under control. Estimated eight to ten days.
To ensure that the two sessions of the university postponed the start of school
According to media reports and informed sources, in order to ensure that security measures during the “two sessions” are foolproof, the start of school in Beijing’s universities and colleges was postponed to March 15.2 And the session was shortened to one week.
Gao Yu said: the session was shortened, the CPPCC opened on the 4th, and the NPC ended on the 11th.
China’s two sessions have ended in mid-March in previous years. Since last year, the CPPCC and NPC sessions, which were scheduled to open in early March, have been extended by more than two months because of the new crown Epidemic.
The sessions have been reduced to one week. Ms. Liu, a Beijing resident, said that currently, visitors from other provinces are being stopped on their way into Beijing.
Ms. Liu said, “Some of the visitors from the northeastern provinces were blocked at Shanhaiguan, and local government officials came to pick them up, including on the train, so basically they can’t get to Beijing. The provincial offices in Beijing and public security cooperate with Beijing public security, going to each village, including the district, with (visitors) ID cards and photos to check.
Ms. Liu said that in the neighborhoods where the visitors gather, public security officers take photos and go door to door to check if there are any visitors living there, and once they are found, they are immediately repatriated to their places of origin.
Various press conferences are conducted by video
All journalists in Beijing were required to be vaccinated beforehand and transported by bus to the members’ residences, where they were tested individually for nucleic acid, according to Chinese official media. During the meeting, the press conference will be conducted by webcam, and will be broadcast live by China Central Television. As a result, the space for journalists to conduct their own interviews was significantly reduced.
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