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Xi Jinping breaks the rules!Wang Qishan became the “Number Two Person” of the CCP and visited South Korea | Xi Jinping | Wang Qishan | South Korean President | Yin Xiyue |

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Xi Jinping breaks the rules!Wang Qishan became the “Number Two Person” of the CCP and visited South Korea | Xi Jinping | Wang Qishan | South Korean President | Yin Xiyue |

[Voice of Hope, May 6, 2022](Comprehensive report by our reporter He Jingtian)The Chinese Foreign Ministry confirmed on May 6 that Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan will attend the inauguration ceremony of the President of South Korea on May 10 as Xi Jinping’s special representative. This move was somewhat unexpected by the South Korean side, breaking the previous practice of sending deputy prime minister-level officials to attend the inauguration ceremony of the new South Korean president. Outside observers believe that Wang Qishan, known as the CCPā€™s ā€œMaster of Crisis Handlingā€, had previously encountered ā€œcold storageā€ and was suddenly entrusted with a heavy responsibility, implying that the CCP seems to have encountered some kind of crisis.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China confirmed on May 6 that Xi Jinping’s special representative and Vice President Wang Qishan will lead a delegation to attend the inauguration ceremony of President Yin Xiyue in Seoul on May 10.

The Preparatory Committee for the President of South Korea held a press conference on May 6 and stated that more than 300 foreign guests, including 143 foreign diplomatic envoys in South Korea, will attend the ceremony. The U.S. sent Douglas Emhoff, husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, and the Chinese side was attended by Wang Qishan. The preparatory committee listed Wang as the head of state.

In addition to Delong, U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Walsh, Democratic Representatives Ami Bella and Marilyn Strickland will also attend the meeting. Some analysts said that US Secretary of State Blinken and National Security Adviser Sullivan may accompany President Biden to visit South Korea on May 20.

On the Japanese side, the Preparatory Committee stated that the Japanese side plans to send staff-level personnel, and details are expected to be released after the relevant procedures are completed. It is speculated that Japanese Foreign Minister Lin Fangzheng will lead a delegation to visit South Korea as the special envoy of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to attend the ceremony, and meet with Yin Xiyue to convey information about Fumio Kishida’s relations with South Korea and Japan. If the news is true, this will be the first time the Japanese foreign minister has visited South Korea since June 2018.

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According to Yonhap News Agency, Beijing usually sends officials at the level of deputy prime ministers to attend the inauguration of the South Korean president. In 2008, when President Lee Myung-bak was inaugurated, Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan attended it. This time the specification is higher than the previous one.

The Korea Broadcasting Corporation (KBS) reported on May 6 that Wang Qishan is a close associate of Xi Jinping and is considered to be the “number two” of the CCP. The headline of the KBS report also read “China’s ‘Number Two'”.

There had been predictions that Beijing would send officials at the vice-premier level to attend the ceremony, but it was finally decided to send more heavyweights to South Korea, the report said. KBS quoted an analysis that as the new South Korean government attaches importance to the South Korea-US alliance and South Korea-US-Japan cooperation, the Chinese authorities’ move is intended to strengthen relations with South Korea.

The chairman of the preparatory committee, Park Ju-sun, also said that the committee believes that Beijing’s move can be regarded as an expression to the South Korean side to further deepen the relationship between the two sides in the future. It is speculated that Wang Qishan will convey Xi Jinping’s message to the new South Korean government to Yin Xiyue.

For the first time, Xi Jinping made an exception and took the initiative to speak with the president-elect of South Korea

On March 25 this year, Chinese President Xi Jinping made an exception by talking on the phone with South Korean President-elect Yin Xiyue for 25 minutes. In addition to congratulating Yin Xiyue on his election as the next president, the two sides also discussed North Korea’s test-launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile, as well as a summit between the leaders of South Korea and China. matter.

The outside world believes that Xi Jinping’s “unprecedented” move shows the anxious mentality of the CCP. After Yin Xiyue was elected, he had phone calls with the heads of the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, Australia and India.

The Epoch Times columnist Wang He said that with the election of Yin Xiyue as president on March 10, South Korea-China relations are about to enter a new stage. Yin Xiyue, known as the “Trump of South Korea”, has a tough attitude towards the CCP, expressing that he wants to rebuild the relationship between South Korea and the United States (calls Biden immediately after being elected).

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Yin Xiyue has said she will abandon the current administration’s policy of “strategic ambiguity” between Washington and Beijing and deploy more THAAD systems, but said it would not target China. He also wants to strengthen the trilateral partnership with the United States and Japan, and join the “quartet” of the United States, Australia, Japan and India.

Times commentator Zhong Yuan analyzed that after Yin Xiyue was elected, he did take the lead in talking to the leaders of the “Quad” (Quad), including the United Kingdom, one of the members of the AUKUS new military alliance. Both the “Quarter Mechanism” and the AUKUS Alliance are core Indo-Pacific organizations aimed at the CCP. Of course, they hope to include South Korea and more Indo-Pacific countries. Once South Korea confirms its participation in the “Quartet Mechanism”, the CCP will undoubtedly be completely isolated in East Asia, and may also emerge in Asia. Domino effect.

Therefore, the CCP leaders had to break the convention and communicate with the president-elect of South Korea in an attempt to salvage the situation.

If it is said that Xi Jinping broke the convention and took the initiative to call Yin Xiyue, in order to save the situation, sending Wang Qishan to attend Yin Xiyue’s inauguration ceremony this time seems to have a more “serious” meaning.

Wang Qishan “retired naked” after the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in October 2017, and made a high-profile comeback at the National People’s Congress of the Communist Party of China on March 17, 2018, with 1 vote against and 2,969 votes in favor of being elected as the Vice President of the Communist Party of China. After taking office, Wang Qishan was appointed by Xi Jinping as a member of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission and frequently appeared in foreign affairs activities.

Wang Qishan is known as the CCP’s “Master of Crisis Handling” and is also a shrewd diplomat. When Wang Qishan made his comeback in 2018, the CCP was preparing to fight a trade war with the United States, and both the United States and China had already threatened billions of dollars in tariffs. The CCPā€™s financial system relies on the U.S. dollar, and the huge trade surplus with the United States supports all this. Once the trade surplus is wiped out, the collapse of stocks, foreign exchange, debt, and housing predicted by experts will shake Chinaā€™s capital.

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Deutsche Welle Chinese website has reported that Wang Qishan has established a network of foreign professionals during his tenure in office over the past few decades, including former US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and former Goldman Sachs President Thornton (John Thornton).

Paulson, who used to work at Goldman Sachs Group, has had a relationship with Wang Qishan for more than ten years. In his 2015 book Dealing With China, Paulson revealed that then-vice-premier Wang Qishan told the U.S. side during the 2008 Sino-U.S. dialogue that economic concerns were heightened. “We’re not sure if we should learn from you again”.

Wang Qishan visits Russia for the first time after his comeback

After Wang Qishan’s comeback in March 2018, he was entrusted with a diplomatic “important task”. The country he visited for the first time was Russia.

From May 24 to May 29, 2018, Wang Qishan attended the 22nd St. Petersburg International Economic Forum and visited Belarus. Different from the previous visits to Russia, this is Wang Qishan’s first visit since he took office as vice chairman of the Communist Party of China, and he is also a member of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.

The Russian side highly respects Wang Qishan. RIA Novosti emphasized that Wang Qishan, who once led the main anti-corruption agency of the Communist Party of China, was appointed as the vice president of the Communist Party of China in March 2018, responsible for international affairs. Wang Qishan, also known as an economic and financial expert, especially played an important role in helping the CCP survive the Asian economic crisis of 1997-1998.

Responsible editor: Lin Li

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