In March 2021, on the eve of the start of the two sessions of the Chinese National People’s Congress and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, the authorities’ monitoring of dissidents for stability was more extensive than in previous years, and even Zhang Yihe, a moderate second-generation Red Chinese, was monitored for the first Time. © Internet Photo
The Chinese National People’s Political Consultative Conference and the People’s Congress, commonly known as the “two sessions,” will be held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing today (4) and tomorrow, respectively. In addition to petitioners, religious figures have also been targeted for expulsion, and a wider range of targets have been monitored, with even Zhang Yihe, a moderate second-generation Hong Kong citizen, being monitored for the first time, causing her to ask the other side, “What are the authorities afraid of?”
The opening ceremony of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) this afternoon will be held in the Great Hall of the People, security has been stepped up in the morning, and traffic control will be implemented in phases on Chang’an Avenue and nearby streets near the Great Hall, as in previous years. However, the dispersal of foreign petitioners and the “being seen” and “being seen” actions for human rights defenders, or even the deployment of additional guards in the district, began only on the first of this month, a little later than in the second half of February in previous years.
However, it is clear that efforts to maintain stability have intensified, as seen in posts on China’s WeChat and Twitter feeds, which show that in addition to petitioners being driven away from Beijing, Christians from outside the country have also been targeted; those traveling to Beijing from outside the country have also been intercepted, with Changchun rights activist Zhao Lichun being forcibly arrested by authorities from Changchun West Station on the morning of the first of this month and having a piece of skin scratched off his left hand. As for the petitioners who were already in Beijing, they were also intercepted, said Ni Yulan, a human rights lawyer who tweeted yesterday that the Chinese government had explicitly forbidden “interception of petitions”, but on that day, the letter and visit office of the Ministry of Public Security in Dongtangzi Hutong was “full of interceptors”; she also said that many other human rights activists She also said that many other rights activists were taken to police stations or summoned and released after about 24 hours. Rights activist Chen Yanhua also complained yesterday, “I’m not allowed to go to government offices, I’m not allowed to see my friends, I’m only allowed to buy Food near where I live, I’m not allowed to solve problems, and I’m restricted in my freedom.” Ma Bo, a human rights activist who had applied to Beijing authorities for a march, was also warned that he had to say hello if he wanted to travel, which made him feel unhappy.
But the more prominent targets of stability protection were also restricted in their right to speak out online, with independent journalist Gao Yu, for example, tweeting last night, “Quasi-feng-moon talk time starts.” In addition, she also said, “I declare that nature, flowers, birds and fish are still under my attention, especially dogs and cats,” which is obviously a sarcastic comment on the authorities’ monitoring of her.
The surveillance list has apparently been expanded this year, and it is understood that Zhang Yihe, a second-generation Writer whose microblog has been blocked, has also been monitored for the first time. Guo Yuhua, a retired professor of sociology at Tsinghua University, tweeted yesterday that Zhang Yihe had revealed in her circle of friends that police had visited her the day before yesterday to “check on her”, but that this precautionary practice before the two sessions had “never come before, but now I am included as an old man”. The other side said: “I am a dissident. –What are you afraid of?”
Zhang Yihe, the second daughter of Zhang Bojun, founder of China’s founding democratic party, minister of transportation and president of the Guangming Daily, is a retired author of “The Past is Not as Smoky” (also known as “The Last Nobleman”), “A Gust of Wind, Leaving a Thousand Songs Behind,” and “The Past of the Actor.
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