Zhang Xuefeng teaches children from ordinary families online how to grasp the stepping stones and forge a path for survival. (People's Daily/AI-generated image)
[People News] On March 28, 2026, Suzhou marked a significant day. Outside the Suzhou Funeral Home, thousands of people lined up to pay their respects to the educational internet celebrity Zhang Xuefeng. This rare public display of mourning highlights the sorrow within China's education system, where the asymmetry of information has served as a red carpet for Zhang Xuefeng's rise to fame. Many parents and students took to the internet to express their admiration, referring to him as the 'guide for the underprivileged.'
However, this honour, which exists on the fringes of the system, inevitably brings to mind a more painful reality. In today's medical and judicial sectors on the mainland, the information gap is equally vast, if not greater, with even more dire consequences. Yet, there are no individuals willing to expose this information gap. No one dares to publicly reveal the shocking dark secrets of the Chinese Communist Party's medical and judicial systems. The commercialisation within these fields has resulted in even more severe asymmetry. While Zhang Xuefeng can voice concerns about educational injustice, who would dare to offer a 'guide to the pitfalls' and a 'survival manual' for patients and victims of judicial injustice? It's not a matter of courage; rather, the entrenched interests and bureaucratic powers in these two sectors are far more powerful, creating institutional and privilege barriers that are darker and more difficult to dismantle.
The phenomenon surrounding Zhang Xuefeng is based on the relative transparency of college entrance examination data and the low sensitivity of the education sector. He critiques the establishment of academic majors and the calculation of cost-effectiveness, which may offend some institutions and professors within the academic elite, but he does not directly challenge the authorities' stability bottom line or confront the regime itself. In contrast, the medical and judicial sectors under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) experience a far more severe information asymmetry. This issue is not merely a chaotic industry situation; it represents a systematic collusion between public power and vested interests, shrouded in secrecy and fraught with peril.
The alarming information gap in the medical field: Institutional privileges, corruption, and the dark underbelly of organ harvesting within the CCP.
The issues of "difficulties in accessing healthcare and high medical costs" have long plagued China's medical system, characterised by complex treatment processes, exorbitant medical expenses, uneven resource distribution, and inadequate grassroots medical capabilities. According to data from the CCP's Ministry of Health, nearly half of the population does not seek medical care when ill, and almost 30% of those who should be hospitalised do not receive admission. Patients frequently encounter problems such as repeated tests, lack of medical guidance, and over-treatment. Furthermore, hospitals in mainland China serve as the primary responsibility units for the Party's healthcare initiatives, and the privileges enjoyed by high-ranking officials, along with corruption within the medical system, have worsened the healthcare environment. Over the past two to three decades, as medical technology has advanced, hospitals in mainland China have colluded with the military, public security, and local governments to engage in the abhorrent trade of organ harvesting, transforming healthcare professionals from angels into devils in white coats.
In theory, what is urgently needed is a "Zhang Xuefeng-style" guide to help navigate these pitfalls, offering systematic advice on hospital cost-effectiveness rankings, identifying over-treatment, and methods to avoid becoming a victim of organ harvesting upon death. However, in reality, no one dares to emerge and confront this terrifying information gap.
The underlying issue stems from the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) deep-rooted control over the medical system. Hospitals act as channels for the CCP's interests and serve as tools for policy enforcement. The health department, pharmaceutical companies, and large public hospitals create a closed network, with public authority backing these interests. Any significant 'exposure' of these issues could be labelled as a disturbance to public order or the spread of rumours.
The shocking reality of the CCP's medical privileges is alarming. High-ranking officials have access to exclusive hospital wards and health care systems that create a privileged pathway, completely inaccessible to ordinary citizens. Data indicates that a large portion of government-funded medical expenses is consumed by approximately 8.5 million party and government officials, who benefit from lifetime special medical care with reimbursement rates nearing 100%, and even have dedicated nutrition teams and top-notch equipment. A retired provincial official may incur hospitalisation costs of up to 3 million yuan, while the average annual medical insurance subsidy for Chinese farmers is only a few hundred yuan, resulting in a staggering disparity of thousands to tens of thousands of times.
Even more troubling is the dark reality of the organ transplant system. The CCP has faced long-standing accusations of harvesting organs from practitioners of Falun Gong and other prisoners of conscience, creating a state-level criminal industry. The number of transplants in hospitals has dramatically increased, yet there is a lack of transparency and explanations regarding voluntary donations, with donor waiting times being alarmingly short, far exceeding normal medical logic. The so-called '981 Health Project' at 301 Hospital has been criticised for its goal of extending the lifespan of leaders, which is linked to a system of special organ supplies.
The information disparity orchestrated by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) through cross-departmental and multi-field systemic collaboration is impenetrable for ordinary citizens. When a few insiders within the system attempt to expose the truth out of a sense of conscience, they are quickly silenced. A notable example is Luo Shuaiyu, a graduate student at Xiangya Hospital. Even when victims bravely come forward to share their experiences, they face significant risks. Cheng Peiming, a Falun Gong practitioner, endured the horrific experience of organ harvesting and narrowly escaped to the United States to reveal the truth, yet he continues to face threats from CCP agents abroad.
The Forbidden Zone of the Judiciary: Conscience Lost Under the Suppression of Public Power
The information disparity within the judicial system represents an even deeper systemic black hole created by the CCP regime. Issues such as local protectionism, enforcement difficulties, relationship-based cases, court inconsistencies, petitioning pathways, pocket crimes, and biased practices favouring either plaintiffs or defendants leave ordinary citizens unsure of how to effectively protect their rights, select a lawyer, or evaluate judicial practices.
In an ideal world, there would be 'internet celebrity lawyers' to guide the public in avoiding pitfalls, comment on practical differences, and advocate for transparency in information. However, the reality is harsh; the legal profession is tightly controlled by judicial administrative authorities, and anyone who dares to 'speak for the people' faces extreme risks and severe repression.
Human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng has faced brutal persecution for representing sensitive Falun Gong cases and has been missing for years, raising fears for his safety. The mass arrest of lawyers during the '709 Incident' stands as a symbolic event of the CCP's trampling of the judiciary. Peking University legal scholars He Weifang and Xu Zhangrun have been silenced by the regime for their independent and outspoken views. While public legal educators like Luo Xiang from the National People's Congress once gained popularity, their content now strictly avoids specific cases and criticism of the regime, leading to a shrinking space for expression. They have also faced online harassment from malicious actors for failing to conform to the regime's mainstream narrative.
As long as the CCP remains intact, the 'guides' will ultimately find themselves with no path forward.
The silence surrounding the medical and judicial sectors does not stem from the industry being 'fair and just, without information gaps.' Instead, it is a direct result of the abuse of public power, information control, and the intricate dynamics of interest groups under the totalitarian regime of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The emergence of Zhang Xuefeng can be attributed to his peripheral status; the aristocrats and second and third generation elites of the CCP's red dynasty disdain this bustling fate racetrack, reminiscent of a green train corridor. They have long positioned their children within the enemy's inner circles, sending them abroad to study at prestigious institutions with foreign powers.
In contrast, the medical and judicial sectors are fundamentally different. These two industries are deeply connected to the interests of the elite, closely tied to the narrative of regime stability. Any attempts to privatise the 'hunting' of information gaps are perceived as potential threats to the system.
Even with thousands of mourners lining the streets for Zhang Xuefeng, the regime's final judgment on him remains consistent with last year's party media's one-sided criticism, which branded him as someone who 'sells anxiety and generates traffic.' Individuals like Zhang Xuefeng typically face one of three fates: being co-opted as a mouthpiece for the regime, being silenced and banned, or opting to 'run' abroad. Even efforts to create 'patriotic traffic' through a donation of 50 million yuan, as Zhang Xuefeng did, prove ineffective; once you disturb the regime's interests, even the slightest transgression is intolerable.
Without fundamental reform of the CCP system, any attempts to guide ordinary people will inevitably lead to a dead end.
Speak the truth and reveal the facts, dismantle the CCP.
Zhang Xuefeng's funeral concluded with a traditional folk mourning, yet it raises a pressing question: why do the healthcare and judicial systems still lack their own 'information gap hunters'? The general public's desperate need for information regarding health and rights relief has been systematically suppressed and blocked.
Nevertheless, there is still a glimmer of hope. If everyone in China could become a breaker of information gaps in their respective fields, exposing the darkness of the CCP system, then collectively, the flames of truth would burn brightly, with each person acting as a guide, speaking the truth and revealing reality. The ones who should be fearful are undoubtedly the CCP; the ones who are cornered are certainly the CCP; and the regime that is hastening towards collapse is unmistakably the CCP.
This concept aligns with what the former Czech president described as the power of the powerless. Havel argued that 'everyone should speak the truth, and everyone should engage in real work.' In Havel's perspective, 'if the foundations of society are built on lies, then living in truth poses the most fundamental threat to that structure.' 'The cells of truth gradually infiltrate the body of life saturated with lies, ultimately leading to its disintegration.'
Speaking the truth and acting in accordance with human nature or conscience is one of the effective means to dismantle the CCP.
(First published in People News) △
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