Image: During the March 2024 Two Sessions, Xi Jinping was photographed by foreign media in the Great Hall of the People with an expression of extreme pain while drinking tea. (Illustration by Qing Yu/People News)
[People News] Two significant scandals concerning the CCP have recently drawn widespread criticism from netizens and have dominated the news.
The first scandal involves the new exit and entry management regulations that took effect on September 15. Under these regulations, relevant authorities can 'require individuals to present and provide documents, materials, and electronic data.' Border inspection personnel, suspecting that travelers may pose a threat to national security—including industrial and technological security—can advise them against leaving the country. Additionally, authorities can decide to prohibit certain individuals from exiting.
Sources indicate that inspections at airports in Beijing and Shanghai are particularly stringent, prompting some travelers to opt for departures from other airports, such as those in Hangzhou, Wuhan, and Chengdu, where staff presence is noticeably reduced.
Some netizens have pointed out that this situation reflects poorly on the CCP. They question why other countries do not have border personnel intercepting their citizens in this manner. This suggests that an increasing number of people in China are resisting the CCP by attempting to flee, and it also indicates that the CCP is aware of domestic discontent with its governance.
The second scandal that has drawn criticism is Xi Jinping's attendance at the BRICS summit in India, where he was confronted by many Tibetan protesters shouting 'Down with the Communist Party' and 'The Communist Party does not equal China.' This led to Indian police having to physically restrain the protesters to maintain order. Such a situation is indeed embarrassing; no leader from any country has faced such treatment abroad. Consequently, netizens have advised against traveling to the United States in late September, suggesting that reducing international travel could help avoid embarrassment and lessen the burden on local authorities to maintain order.
The individuals resisting the Communist Party of China (CPC) are ordinary citizens of China. These two news stories highlight a shared issue: the increasing resentment among ordinary Chinese citizens and overseas Chinese towards the CPC, alongside a growing number of awakened individuals in China.
Indeed, the CPC is not synonymous with the Chinese people. Historically, the Chinese populace has exhibited a sense of obedience and fear towards 'dragon power' and 'imperial power.' After enduring a century of tyranny and evil under the CPC, many Chinese have come to the realization that they have been mistaking thieves for fathers and demons for Buddhas. The so-called 'great savior' is actually a 'great disaster,' 'everything for the people' translates to 'everything for the renminbi,' and 'public servants' are merely treating the populace as their servants...
Naturally, the CPC will continue to mislead the world and stage performances to portray itself as great, glorious, and correct. For instance, during Xi Jinping's attendance at the BRICS summit, the CPC arranged for numerous overseas Chinese and representatives from Chinese-funded enterprises to wave flags and perform welcoming gestures. Xi Jinping is scheduled to visit the United States on September 24, and recently, several screenshots from WeChat group chats and internal recruitment messages have emerged within overseas Chinese communities. These indicate that the 'CPC embassy and chamber of commerce' funded and organized Chinese individuals to travel to Washington, D.C. from the 22nd to the 26th to participate in a 'paid welcome' event. Participants are promised free plane and train tickets, accommodation, and an additional $80 'labor fee.'
Why does a political power that claims to embody 'four confidences,' to be 'strong,' and 'great, glorious, and correct' need to expend such effort and resources to demonstrate that it has public support? Who is this illusion of covering one's ears while stealing a bell intended to impress? Is it to fabricate a 'false public opinion'? To shape an 'international perception'? To create a consensus among citizens both domestically and internationally?
In reality, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has not overlooked the voices of dissent; Xi Jinping is aware of what is genuine and what is fabricated. However, he remains uncertain about the severity of this reality versus falsehood. The videos and texts available online are limited, and those beneath him do not inform Xi Jinping, as they seek to take credit at every level to gain favor from the CCP.
Nonetheless, Xi Jinping should have some awareness of the performance skills of officials at various levels; he should have the capacity to understand these matters. For instance, on the morning of August 26, when the flood disaster struck Jilong, Xi Jinping was quick to instruct that 'search and rescue' operations should commence, and the party media promptly reported on the 'serious disaster situation' and 'significant casualties.' However, rescue teams only began arriving at the scene in the afternoon of the 27th, and it took until the third day to recover five bodies. Nearly twenty days have passed since then, with Nepal reporting 1,367 deaths and 5,132 missing, while the CCP reported only 43 deaths and 519 missing. Is Xi Jinping unaware of the discrepancies? The serious disaster situation he addressed immediately, along with the dispatch of Li Qiang to inspect the site, turned out to involve only 43 fatalities. Whose reputation is being tarnished here?
Indeed, the videos released by the CCP show rescue workers sifting through small stones in an open area, with half of them not fully immersed in the muddy water while eating cold boxed meals, calling out to see if anyone is present in the mud... Even the party media staff seem disinterested in putting on a proper act for the CCP. This all serves to demonstrate that the CCP is more concerned with maintaining a false image than with genuinely providing disaster relief, treating human lives as expendable.
Is Xi Jinping unaware of these issues? Certainly, he is aware, but what options does he have? There are none; he can only depend on exit management, confiscate passports, and have border control intercept citizens who wish to leave the Communist Party of China.
Can they really be stopped? No, they cannot. The people's sentiments are shifting. So what external force could possibly alter public opinion? Even if they impose strict controls domestically, they are merely biding their time for the day when this pent-up anger erupts like lava, leading to the collapse of the Communist Party's regime and becoming a significant force in the resulting mudslide disaster. This time, the Communist Party has indeed become a precarious mountain on the brink of collapse.
(First published by the People News)
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