Wang Yang, Zhao Kezhi rush to Xinjiang, Beijing suspected of big moves
Pictured is Zhao Kezhi, Minister of Public Security of the Chinese Communist Party.
At a Time when the international community is condemning the Chinese Communist Party’s violation of Uighur human rights in Xinjiang as genocide, CPPCC Chairman Wang Yang and Public Security Minister Zhao Kezhi have made rare trips to Xinjiang to conduct research.
According to the Communist Party’s media, CCP State Councilor and Public Security Minister Zhao Kezhi arrived in Xinjiang on March 19, visiting Urumqi, Turpan and the Production and Construction Corps, inspecting public security police stations, detention centers and special police training bases, and calling for better anti-terrorism and stability maintenance work.
Before that, Wang Yang, who is also the head of the CPC Central Working Group in Xinjiang, was in Xinjiang from March 15 to 17 for research, and his entourage was divided into four groups, going to Urumqi, Kashgar, Turpan, Hami, Kizilsu, Changji and other places.
Hong Kong media “Ming Pao” on the 25th, said that the recent frequent visits to Xinjiang by the top echelon of the CPC Central Committee, if not the local received intelligence that there may be hidden worries, or the CPC will be brewing a major action in the region.
In response to the recent Xinjiang research by Wang Yang and Zhao Kezhi, CCP Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying tweeted (Twitter) on the 3rd that “China welcomes everyone to Xinjiang.” Some analysts say that Wang Yang and Zhao Kezhi may have gone to Xinjiang to direct the destruction of evidence, and that the CCP may next allow experts from the international community to go to Xinjiang to investigate.
Western Allies Rarely Offer “Toughest Cards” to Communist Party as Genocide is Involved
A photo taken on June 2, 2019. The photo shows a complex in northern Kashgar, Xinjiang, China, believed to be a concentration camp for Uighurs.
Recently, the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, Canada and 30 other countries made a rare grouping to sanction a number of Chinese Communist Party officials in response to the persecution of the Uyghur people in Xinjiang for their human rights. In a statement, U.S. Secretary of State Blinken said, “At a time of growing international condemnation, China [the Communist Party] continues to commit genocide and Crimes Against Humanity in Xinjiang.”
The European Parliament has canceled deliberations on the China-EU investment agreement; British Conservative MPs have called for a parliamentary justice committee to make an independent assessment of the genocide allegations; and more than 10 major Japanese companies, including Toshiba, Sony and Hitachi, will stop working with Chinese companies involved in forced labor in Xinjiang.
Voice of America reports that Dr. Haiyun Ma, an associate professor of history at Frostburg State University (Maryland), said, “Legislatively speaking, the justification for sanctioning the Communist Party’s Xinjiang policy is locked in at the level of the bill.” “Xinjiang is a central Western card that can be used to make the CCP a straightforward Nazi party.” The CCP would lose its status and influence internationally as a result.
Ma Haiyun argues that the Xinjiang issue transcends sovereignty, ethnicity and religion, making the U.S.-China ideological contest less about discussions of democracy and freedom and more focused on anti-humanity and genocide more generally. Its height and damage are groundbreaking. For the United States and the rest of the West, Xinjiang is one of the most vicious cards to play against the CCP.
Does Xi Jinping really not care about the deteriorating diplomatic situation? Analysis by Yang Wei and Wang Duran
A video of Xi Jinping attending the closing ceremony of the Communist Party’s two sessions is shown on a large screen on the street on March 11.
While U.S.-China relations and European relations are screwed up one after another, Xi Jinping seems to continue his tour in Fujian as if nothing is wrong. Does Xi really not care? Or, is Xi really so confident that he thinks he can wrangle the U.S. and Western countries with his war-wolf diplomacy?
Yang Wei, a commentator for the Epoch Times, wrote on the 25th that the CCP’s Foreign Ministry should not have received updated instructions from Xi Jinping and could not easily soften up the foreign ministry, but would of course continue to play the role of a War Wolf.
On the 24th, the Chinese Communist Party’s Xinhua News Agency published an article “Foreign Ministry: Completely unacceptable to the unreasonable practice of some European countries to summon the Chinese ambassador”. The Chinese Communist Party’s retaliatory sanctions have caused trouble and triggered diplomatic incidents with European countries, but it says it “does not provoke trouble, does not provoke trouble, and is not afraid of trouble”. On the same day, Xinhua News Agency also authorized the publication of another article, “2020 U.S. Human Rights Violations Report.
Yang Wei said the Chinese Communist Party struck out at both the U.S. and the European Union, and the Chinese Foreign Ministry should not know how it will end up. While Xi Jinping could continue his inspection activities, CCP Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying could not beckon.
The Chinese Communist Party’s persecution of human rights sanctions became the main theme at the March 24 press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the consistently frantic Hua Chunying was unable to defend herself, and could only try to loudly accuse Western countries of human rights problems. at the March 23 press conference, Hua Chunying was also pressed by reporters, and the old war wolf Hua Chunying couldn’t end it.
Yang Wei believes that Xi Jinping’s apparently continuing expedition actually reflects precisely the dilemma of being at his wits’ end. He and his think-tank need to think not only about how to wind up with the EU, the US and other countries, but also about how to pacify the party’s latest queries. The rare U.S.-China talks, which might have had a chance to ease relations, have fallen apart, and now there is a sudden impasse with the EU, with the Communist Party pushing neighboring countries one by one toward the U.S. and the EU and the U.S. stepping up coordination on how to make up the story, and Xi’s think tanks will have to scratch their heads again.
Several Major U.S. Industry Associations Issue Statement Supporting Global Approach to Xinjiang
Uighur women in Kashgar, Xinjiang, are pictured leaving a center where political studies were conducted. (Sept. 6, 2018)
The European Union, the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada have imposed sanctions on Chinese Communist Party officials accused of violating Uighur human rights. In a joint statement Monday (22), the American Apparel and Footwear Association, the American Footwear Distributors Association, the National Retail Federation, the Retail Industry Leaders Association and the American Fashion Industry Association said they supported the day’s announcement of global action to end the oppression of Uighurs and other Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, saying they have consistently called for such a holistic approach.
The trade associations said they look forward to working with the U.S. Congress, the administration and their counterparts around the world to end the “tragedy” of Uyghur repression.
H&M Refuses to Use Xinjiang Cotton, Communist Party Calls for Boycott, Internet Explodes
On the morning of yesterday 24, the Communist Party’s “Communist Youth League Central Committee” microblogging account took a screenshot of a statement issued by international fashion retail giant H&M last October in English and Chinese, saying: “While making rumors about boycotting Xinjiang cotton, you want to make money in China? You’re delusional”. The microblogging account then posted a picture to emphasize: “Xinjiang cotton does not eat this”.
H&M’s statement refusing to use Xinjiang cotton was based on allegations of forced labor and religious discrimination against Xinjiang’s Uyghur minority.
H&M’s official Chinese microblog was bombarded by tens of thousands of messages from Chinese fans demanding that H&M get out of the Chinese market.
The Chinese actor Song Xi and Huang Xuan, who had previously worked with H&M, also issued an urgent statement to cut off their seats with H&M. China’s Anta, which joined the “Better Cotton Initiative,” also urgently withdrew from the organization.
As of the early morning of the 25th, Taobao, Jingdong, Tmall, Jindo, Vipshop, Suning Tesco and other platforms have been unable to search for “H&M” stores and goods.
According to H&M China’s official website, by the end of fiscal year 2020, H&M had 445 stores in 146 cities in China, with total sales of 9.75 billion Swedish kronor in 2020, one of the clothing brand’s top 4 markets worldwide.
In addition, H&M has suspended the issuance of Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) cotton licenses in Xinjiang, as mentioned in a statement by the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI), the organization it works with, which also makes the BCI This has made the BCI a target of both the YCL and Pinky.
Many people listed the companies that have a partnership with the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI), including IKEA, adidas, Nike, Puma, Tesco, Gap and more than 200 other brands, saying that in the future they will see a The “Better Cotton Initiative (BCI)” label will not be bought.
Qin Peng, a U.S.-based political and economic analyst, told Radio Free Asia: “The CCP aims to deflect domestic conflicts in this way, especially when there is a lot of public opinion that is dissatisfied with the actions of the Chinese Communist Party. The CCP has found many benefits, such as killing the chicken to scare the monkey, by reinforcing the impression to some multinational companies that the CCP is not to be messed with in this way, so that they will voluntarily self-censor.”
Xie Tian, a professor at the University of South Carolina School of Business, referred in an interview to the previous CCP boycott of the NBA. He said it is less likely that this boycott of H&M will not end than the boycott of the NBA. “Because this boycott involves the Xinjiang issue, it pokes a sore spot in the CCP and may last for a long time. Even if the civil boycott subsides, the CCP will still incite further through the official media.”
Boycotting H&M is not enough! The “Better Cotton Initiative” member 200 brands were dug out
The first of the two is the “Better Cotton Initiative”.
The newest brand, NIKE and Adidas, were on the top of the microblogging search on the 24th and 25th respectively, and became the latest object to be boycotted.
NIKE (translated by Lu: Nike) was also on the top of the hot search. (Photo/reproduced on Weibo)
From Weibo, we can find that in addition to H&M, the official accounts of NIKE, Adidas and other brands that have been dug up have been conscripted by Pinky.
In addition, had issued a statement of refusal to buy cotton in Xinjiang, most of the brands are members of the international non-profit organization “Better Cotton Initiative” (BCI, The Better Cotton Initiative), will issue a related statement, also because the Better Cotton Initiative decided to suspend the issuance of BIC’s cotton license.
It is understood that the Better Cotton Initiative members have more than 200 brands, the list has been dug up, some pinkies are searching for the relevant brands in accordance with the list of statements issued, intends to make a “full list of boycott”, may become the next wave of boycott objects.
H&M refuses to use Xinjiang cotton incident fermentation, Hu Xijin comments by the shelling
Swedish fashion brand H&M has been attacked by the Chinese Communist Party for refusing to use Xinjiang cotton because of human rights persecution in Xinjiang. At present, the mainland Gaode map, Baidu map and other map App can no longer search the location of H&M stores. Hu Xijin, editor-in-chief of the Global Times, posted two consecutive Weibo posts from the evening of the 24th to the early morning of the 25th, but both were attacked by netizens at Home and abroad.
In his posting on the evening of the 24th, Hu Xijin said that H&M had asked to be beaten by the mainland Internet, and that H&M had not apologized in its latest statement because it was afraid of Western public opinion, etc.
However, Hu Xijin posted again at nearly 3 a.m. on the 25th, referring to Nike, with a big turnaround in attitude, urging official Communist Party agencies, including social media accounts with clear official agency labels, not to participate in or restrain their denunciations of the Western companies in question, but to let private opinion lead the way. It was also said that the previous statements of H&M, Nike and others about Xinjiang and the current boycott should not be defined from a political perspective, but should be openly seen as a market process, allowing the laws of the market to determine the outcome.
Obviously, Hu Xijin said in the early morning of the 25th to Nike “should not be defined from a political perspective” statement, and the 24th said H&M incident is “political big wind and big wave” statement contradictory.
For Hu Xijin these two microblogs, not only overseas Twitter users have scolded him, mainland netizens also mocked him under his microblog posting.
“The so-called gripper is good at capturing.” “Defiant in front of the interests, once the power to be a shrinking turtle, this is the philosophy of Hu Xijin’s lackey.”
“Bullshit, you, official agencies do not intervene you think the netizens will be able to resist? The noble boy has not been around long. nike comes with a discount on a piece of real incense. Don’t bullshit, obviously not able to boycott nike, forced to find excuses.”
Another number of netizens mocked Hu Xijin to H&M brutal vicious, to Nike on the wonderful send goose. There are also mainland netizens pointed out that this boycott wind is likely to be hit in the face.
“CCTV took a few months to surrender to the NBA, we can guess how long they can last this time?”
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The first step was to discourage people from openly dissenting, which has largely been accomplished.
The next step is the ongoing process of not allowing people to remain silent, to start writing personal experiences, and to criticize each other.
The third step is to purge those who do not applaud enthusiastically, and those who do not actively participate in the criticism will also be suppressed. The final step is to lock everyone inside the cage, leaving only one person standing outside to hold the key. The Cultural Revolution 2.0 is just a means to an end, all to consolidate totalitarianism.
After the outbreak of the 2020 Epidemic spread in China, the CCP began to ask people in the system to complete self-criticism without purpose. Chunshenjun said that there were these activities in the past but they were not as intensive. Last year, the central government began to ask provincial inspectorates to send orders to the cities, and each cadre had to complete a large number of ideological studies, and at the end each had to write black materials about the other side.
The officials of the inspectorates also expressed their helplessness, because they themselves are facing the same dilemma, and the CCP has started to “criticize” each other within the system.
According to Chunshen, the way the CCP system is currently operating has made people within the system even more distrustful of the CCP. Anyone who makes a statement that differs from the central government, or criticizes high-level policies, will probably get into trouble, usually by finding mistakes and omissions to purge, and anything as small as a green pea may be magnified. No one in the office dares to make jokes about the top brass in Zhongnanhai.
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