Xinhua reported that analysts at official think tanks have commented on the new terms that the Supreme People’s Court has used in accusing disgraced top cadres Zhou Yongkang, Bo Xilai, and others of engaging in political activities "not approved" by the Communist Party. These analysts pointed out that, when compared with the common term "unapproved activities,” the objective of "political activities not approved by the Party" is more sinister and serious, and that resolute opposition [to such activities] reflects the Party’s implementation of tighter control. 

According to an article in Qiushi, economic development has brought about new challenges for the Party in maintaining its relationship with the public. The following are some of these challenges:

The income disparity has added fuel to the public’s complaints. If not resolved, these complaints will weaken confidence and trust in the Party.

The open market economy has brought with it a laissez-faire and a multicultural ideology. This has weakened and diluted the Party’s education of the public.

The plurality in the social structure makes it difficult to lead and guide the people. For example, some domestic and overseas forces with ulterior motives have used new social organizations to compete with the Party for public support.

Economic globalization and the Internet make it easier for the West to achieve a cultural infiltration of China. News about the disintegration of some regimes and the collapse of long-term ruling parties all have had a disturbing psychological impact on the people of China. Further, some people no longer trust and follow the propaganda of the Party the way they used to.

The corruption of Party officials has also tarnished the Party’s image, breeding public hostility against Party officials.

Source: Qiushi, March 10, 2015
http://www.qstheory.cn/dukan/hqwg/2015-03/10/c_1114582921.htm

On March 16, Caijing published an interview article titled, “Huang Jiefu: The Fall of Zhou Yongkang Breaks the Chain of Interest on the Use of Executed Prisoners for the Organ Transplantation (Business in China).” The article was based on ifeng.com’s interview of Huang Jiefu, the former Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Health. Several other websites either republished the same article or published articles about the same interview.

This was the first time that Huang Jiefu directly tied Zhou Yongkang, the detained former security czar and retired member of the Chinese Communist Party Politburo Standing Committee, to the forced organ harvesting in China. Huang stated directly that Zhou was the key leader who was responsible for the secret organ sources for the transplants in China. Huang indicated in the TV interview that neither the former top leaders Hu Jintao & Wen Jiabao nor the current top leaders Xi Jinping & Li Keqiang have anything to do with this forced organ harvesting business in China. According to an analytical article in Epoch Times on March 17, Huang’s testimony indicates that Xi Jinping will accelerate his attack against the Jiang Zemin faction. Zhou Yongkang was considered an ally of Jiang Zemin, retired General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party. The internal fight within the CCP’s top leadership will center more and more on the core issue of the forced harvesting of organs from healthy Falun Gong practitioners in China. “The last big showdown time draws near.”