Former Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao recently published a lengthy article in ‘Macau Herald’ in memory of his mother, in which he mentioned that being an official in Zhongnanhai is like walking on thin ice, with some commentaries suggesting that the officialdom is sinister; at the end of the article, he seemed to put hope amidst regret, “The China I have in mind should be a country full of fairness and justice “, but the article has been banned from sharing by WeChat.
When I opened WeChat, the article on Wen Jiabao’s memory of his mother could still be seen, but it was banned from being shared on the grounds that it “violated the operating rules of WeChat’s public platform”, and all the content reproduced by Phoenix.com and other media was also deleted. The move has caused considerable concern among many Chinese and overseas netizens. Even Wen Jiabao, who is a retired leader of the country, was treated in such a way, so you can imagine what happened to others.
Many were surprised when Wen’s articles were banned from being shared on WeChat. Gao Yu, an independent Chinese media personality, commented, “WeChat blocked even Wen Jiabao’s article in memory of his mother at Qingming, which is really speechless. I think Wen Jiabao’s consciousness and comprehension of the “four consciousnesses” and “two safeguards” are higher than Ma Huateng’s, right? Not to mention Tencent’s WeChat director!
Why does China’s social network put obstacles in the way of the former premier’s articles? Cai Xia, a former professor at the Central Party School and a scholar currently in the United States, analyzed the reasons why Wen Jiabao’s article was not allowed to be disseminated in the WeChat group: Read the full text of Wen’s article carefully, in fact, the article has done “self-censorship” and the whole piece does not have the words “”democracy”” and “rule of law”. rule of law” four words. Even so, the article is still forbidden to be forwarded and shared, which shows how afraid the totalitarian ruling authorities in the mainland are of “democracy and the rule of law”. They are afraid of people’s rights.
When Wen Jiabao was in power, he spoke openly about universal values many times, and often appeared on the front line of disaster relief, establishing a pro-people image. But some people criticized him as a “shadow emperor”. Fang Zhouzi commented: Wen Jiabao used to be laughed at for being a movie star, but these people now know that it is much better to be willing to act than to even bother to act. For example, officials in Western countries compete to perform vaccination, while officials in those powerful countries do not care to do so, and secretly inject Pfizer vaccine and that’s it. Ark also analyzed: Wen Jiabao sent an article ‘My Mother’ in a Macau newspaper, which was banned from sharing by WeChat because the last paragraph had sensitive words. No wonder he had to get Macau to send, no mainland newspaper should dare to publish the full text.
The company’s main goal is to provide a comprehensive and comprehensive solution to the problem. Wen Jiabao’s public image has been complicated: he has publicly advocated universal values in the ‘People’s Daily’, and family corruption has been reported at times.
Wen Jiabao’s full article reminiscing about his mother was serialized in four issues of the ‘Macau Herald’, the first three of which reminisced about his mother’s life, and also mentioned his father’s criticism during the Cultural Revolution and the swelling of his face by the rebels. The most remarkable one is the last one, which mentions two letters written by his mother to him after he joined Zhongnanhai and became the Premier. “My mother was worried when I took on the big job,” his mother added: “You are in such a high position today, without any backers,” and encouraged him to “get through to the top and to the people, and to remember that a lone tree cannot make a forest. “.
Wen Jiabao also confessed that after he entered Zhongnanhai as a major appointment, “like walking on thin ice, like the abyss” mood, often do away with the intention. This may imply that the officialdom is unpredictable, in high positions, in fact, is also a dangerous way. The last statement of Wen Jiabao’s article carries the most weight: he says, “I sympathize with the poor and the weak, and oppose bullying and oppression. The China I have in mind should be a country full of fairness and justice, where there is always respect for the human heart, humanity and human nature, and where there is always the temperament of youth, freedom and struggle. I have cried out and fought for this. This is the truth that life has taught me and that my mother gave me.”
This may be a former national leader’s straightforward words to send a vision or express his own inner regret, whether these words are like a mirror, with the current murky officialdom, with senior officials must say how to Xi General Secretary how, always “two maintenance”, and a huge difference between rich and poor Chinese society in contrast? Perhaps, as someone pointed out earlier, “Wen Jiabao described the perils of working in Zhongnanhai, which may have upset Xi Jinping.”
Wu Jolai, a scholar in the United States, has a poem commenting on Wen’s state of mind or situation: When he did not reform the political system, he was sad in his old age. In the early spring, he encountered sand and wind, and spoke in a few words to complain about his slander.
Li Weidong, the president of China Strategic Analysis Magazine, tweeted to question the ‘New York Times’ early reports related to Wen Jiabao’s family: I really don’t understand why, when Wen Jiabao shouted political reform, reflected on the Cultural Revolution and boycotted Chongqing Bo Dugu, the New York Times came out to expose Wen Jiabao’s corruption and Yu Jie branded Wen as “movie emperor” until it stinks Wen. In the roiling spew, one of the few leaders in the CCP with humanistic sentiments and universal values was drowned in stigma.
‘The New York Times’ published a lengthy investigative report on October 26, 2012 related to Wen’s family, that reported that China’s outgoing premier Wen Jiabao’s family had accumulated at least $2.7 billion in assets over the past 20 years.
Author Yu Jie, who published ‘China’s Emperor Wen Jiabao’ in Hong Kong in August 2010, explained that he wrote the book to correct the “misinterpretation” of Wen’s reformist image and to show that in a modern society, a citizen and a taxpayer can have a say. Criticism of the premier is an integral part of freedom of speech.
When Wen Jiabao was premier, Hu Jintao was general secretary of the Communist Party, commonly referred to as the “Hu-Wen regime. Many Chinese now view the Hu-Wen period as a period of stability, which has much to do with Hu Jintao’s advocacy of “no compromise,” while Wen Jiabao is seen as a moderate and enlightened leader because of his advocacy of universal values in the party press and his repeated expressions of desire to promote reform of the political system.
The reason why Wen Jiabao attracted attention, some netizens believe that there is another important reason, Hu Wen period than the current “new era” is much better, although also the Communist Party one-party dictatorship ruled the country, at least not set in one, amend the constitution as the emperor, when SARS did not spread to the world into a worldwide plague, Hong Kong will not become a stinky port, China and the United States also There is no trade war.
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