Xi Jinping “in the air” instructed to go to Lhasa after the disaster relief
According to comprehensive media reports, Xi Jinping issued instructions on the 20th that Henan and other places “the flood control situation is very severe.” Relevant units are required to strengthen overall coordination, safety protection of important infrastructure, improve weather forecasts, disaster warning levels, etc., and also instruct the military and armed police forces to actively assist local disaster relief, and call for assistance to disaster-stricken households and health and epidemic prevention, “preventing disasters from returning to poverty and After the catastrophe, there will be a catastrophe”,
But then, according to a report by Xinhua News Agency today, Xi Jinping went to Tibet on the 21st for investigation and research. He first arrived at Linzhi Milin Airport in Tibet by plane, and after Linzhi inspected the political system planning of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway, he took the train to Lhasa on the morning of the 22nd to check the construction situation along the Lalin Railway on the spot and study related issues in depth.
This is Xi Jinping’s first trip to the local area since he took over the post of General Secretary of the Communist Party of China at the end of 2012.
As of press time, Xinhua News Agency and CCTV reports have not yet released the content of Xi Jinping’s speech on this investigation and research itinerary.
According to a report by the foreign media “Free Asia”, the video streaming out of Tibet showed that Xi Jinping arrived in Lhasa on July 22 for inspection.
In an interview with Radio Free Asia on the 22nd, Gesangjian, the representative of the Tibetan Administration in Taiwan, said that several photos and videos from Tibetans in the territory showed that Xi Jinping had arrived in Lhasa. Xi Jinping walked out of the Lhasa Duojucang Tibetan Clothing Store, and outside the Barkhor Jokhang Temple, waved to the arranged people under the escort of a large number of bodyguards, and delivered a brief speech in a square.
Counsel Gesangjian mentioned that Xi’s arrival in Tibetan areas shows that the CCP believes that the Tibet issue, Xinjiang issue and other ethnic minority issues have become issues that need to be resolved urgently.
Li Keqiang’s “calm” handling of floods rarely focuses on killing pigs
In the Henan floods, the Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Xi Jinping did not give clear instructions on the disaster, but only through the executive meeting of the State Council to deploy flood prevention and disaster relief work.
Moreover, the executive meeting of the State Council hosted by Li Keqiang on the 21st, the deployment of the implementation of flood prevention and disaster relief work, is only one of the contents of the meeting, and it is only two understatement of the Henan floods: “The meeting pointed out that there have been heavy rains in many places in China recently. Yesterday, the local area in Henan encountered extremely heavy rainfall, and severe floods, especially the rare urban waterlogging, caused heavy casualties and property losses. “” Organized relevant professional forces, mobilized funds and materials, and supported Henan to make all-out efforts to rescue and rescue disasters. Good job search and rescue of people in distress, treatment of the wounded, transfer and resettlement of the victims, and rehabilitation of the victims.”
This meeting is not a special plan to focus on flood prevention and disaster relief work. The agenda of the meeting also includes “listening to reports on the promotion of the opening up of the financial industry, studying and deepening the opening up of the financial industry”, and “determining to further deepen cross-border trade facilitation reforms and optimize ports. Measures for the business environment”.
According to a report from Xinhua News Agency on July 22, Li Keqiang recently signed an order of the State Council to promulgate the revised “Regulations on the Administration of Pig Slaughter” (hereinafter referred to as the “Regulations”), which will come into effect on August 1, 2021.
The report claimed that the CCP attaches great importance to the quality and safety of pigs and their products.
Xi Li’s performance is speculative due to severe floods in Henan
A catastrophic flood occurred in Henan on July 20, and the death toll continued to rise. According to the official, as of 12:00 on July 23, according to preliminary statistics, 395,989 people were urgently transferred and resettled, and the area of crops affected was 44,209.73 hectares. The direct economic loss was 65.5 billion yuan. Floods and secondary disasters caused by heavy rains have caused 51 deaths.
On July 20, 12 people died in a subway car in Zhengzhou.
Outsiders questioned that the actual disaster was more serious than officially announced.
The four-kilometer-long Zhengzhou Jingguang Tunnel was filled with cars during heavy rains and filled with water in a few minutes. After the disaster, the authorities began to pump water, and the official said that two people have died, but the folks estimate that the final death may be as high as hundreds or even thousands. The CCP officially blocked the scene, so it is difficult for outsiders to see.
Now that Xi Jinping is avoiding Tibet, and Li Keqiang has not given instructions, what kind of political signal does the unusual dynamic of the high-level CCP send out? Hong Kong’s “Ming Pao” published an article on July 22 that this phenomenon is an isolated incident and will still become a practice in the future and is worth observing.
The performance of the CCP’s top leaders during the southern floods last year was also questioned
During the southern floods in June last year, the Seventh Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China had no one to go to the severely affected Yangtze River area, and there were endless criticisms. Li Keqiang went to Guizhou in early July, but the area was not the hardest-hit area.
It was not until the Beidaihe meeting that year, on the morning of August 20, that Li Keqiang visited Chongqing, which was hit by floods at the time.
Xi Jinping only went to Anhui Province on August 18 to inspect the flood-stricken areas in the Jianghuai River for the first time this year. But the local flood has subsided for a month.
Official media footage showed that when Xi Jinping visited a private house, Xi Jinping was greeted by a woman who was holding a child in her hands. Officials tried to create an atmosphere where Xi Jinping loved the people like a child and the villagers embraced leadership.
However, some sharp-eyed netizens discovered that this “disaster victim woman” resembled Yan Jing, the deputy captain of the Bunan County Public Security Brigade.
Netizens questioned that this “disaster victim” was a pre-arranged extra.
In times of crisis, Xi Jinping did not go to the disaster area for a long time, which was quite unusual and triggered various speculations. Even North Korea’s Facebook fan, which specializes in government orders in Chinese, alludes to the fact that Xi Jinping always “guides” in times of floods.
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