A WeChat posting calling for an “Emergency Enlarged Meeting of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) Politburo” was spreading widely in China. The meeting is to “discuss whether Xi Jinping is suitable to continue to be the President of the country, the CCP’s General Secretary, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission.”
The article listed many topics to discuss, which all challenge the current administration’s policies:
- As China has recently made enemies with many countries, should it return to Deng Xiaoping’s policy of “maintaining a low profile”?
- Is the CCP higher or is the law higher? Can the ruling party be above the Constitution?
- Should private companies be the main economic force in China or the state-owned enterprises?
- Should citizen’s rights be sacrificed for the government’s stability maintenance?
- Can the private sector run media?
- Should the judicial system be independent (from the CCP)?
- Can citizens criticize the government?
- Is there a need to let the public monitor the government?
- Should the CCP and state power be separated?
- Should officials report their assets?
- Is it important to reunify Taiwan under China or to keep regional peace?
- Is Hong Kong’s prosperity more important or the central government’s authority (over Hong Kong) more important?
- Can Hong Kong have its own local elections?
The article suggested the formation a three-person group with Li Keqiang, Wang Yang, and Wang Qishan to organize the meeting.
Some media used the screenshot of a repost of the article by Chen Ping, the founder of Sun TV who lives in Hong Kong. Chen said that he just received the article and felt it rational and thus reposted it. He did not know who wrote it.
Chen also said that the article reflected many people’s thoughts. “Now eventually it needs a (solution to fix the current policy) and it cannot always be this way. It is not good for China if the current policies continue.”
Chen is a princeling. Media have also linked this article to another criticizing-Xi article by Ren Zhiqiang, another princeling (see Chinascope posting: Public Opinion: Ren Zhiqiang’s Article: “A Clown Who Stripped Naked and Insisted on Continuing to Be an Emperor”).
Related postings on Chinascope:
- Public Opinion: Ren Zhiqiang’s Article: “A Clown Who Stripped Naked and Insisted on Continuing to Be an Emperor”
- Leadership: Beijing May Hold “Lianghui” (“The Two Conferences”) in Late April or Early May
- Leadership – Xi Jinping’s Fake Wuhan Show
- Leadership: Political Signs of Xi Jinping’s Visiting to Wuhan
- Leadership: The CCP Was Forced to Reverse the “Be Grateful to the CCP” Education