On February 23, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) held a teleconference with 170,000 CCP cadres and military officials. Xi gave a key speech on handling the coronavirus.
Afterward, an article, said to be written by Ren Zhiqiang, a princeling and a real estate tycoon who is known for having the guts to challenge the regime, was circulated among Chinese. It criticized Xi Jinping for his mistakes in handling the coronavirus at the beginning and his later actions in which he had a focus on ensuring his own authority, calling Xi “A clown who stripped naked and insisted on continuing to be an emperor.”
The South China Morning Post said that it had verified that Ren wrote this article.
The article, though it was long, made many good points and is worth reading. The highlights are:
- Part I of Xi’s speech was about the epidemic prevention and controlling the work; it praised Xi for directing and arranging the work himself. The article questioned why the government hid the information and organized a public gathering in January.
- Part II of Xi’s speech was on the focus of current work, which was “to resolutely stop any malicious, attacking opinions.” The article commented that in a modern country, where the public is considered the most important, not everyone has to share the same fate with the ruling party or the ruling party’s top leader. A democratic system can choose whom to have as its captain or fire the captain and his subordinates.
- Part III of Xi’s speech was on the balance between epidemic control and resuming production. The article said credit should be given to the civil organizations and private companies who made a lot of sacrifices to contribute to the country. What the government did was to make up for its previous mistakes; while the private sectors’ contribution was to protect people’s interests and not to be damaged by the government’s mistakes. They were two different things. The CCP leader should not attribute that to his own credit.
- Part IV of Xi’s speech was to strengthen the CCP leadership. The article said this was to make the officials stay loyal to the top leader. When a country goes back to the “party leads everything” but the party is not responsible for its mistakes, the epidemic that should not occur occurred.
- Overall, the article commented that the speech used all sorts of lies to cover his mistakes and to cover the fact that he didn’t wear clothes. It showed the fear in Xi’s heart and his ambition to maintain his superior position.
Ren’s article has been deleted from most of the Chinese websites, it is still available on the New Highland Vision site.
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