[EpochTimesOctober192021]On October 18, the Politburo of the Communist Party of China held a meeting to discuss the documents to be submitted to the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee for deliberation. This should be the final preparatory meeting before the Sixth Plenary Session. Can Xi Jinping set the tone for re-election at the Sixth Plenary Session of the Central Committee? However, this key Politburo meeting did not uphold Xi Jinping. Is re-election becoming confusing or clearer?
The wording of the “historic” “resolution” is not simple
The Xinhua News Agency reported basically two things. First, it is determined that the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee will be held in Beijing from November 8th to 11th. Second, the Politburo heard a report on the draft resolution of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Major Achievements and Historical Experience of the Party’s Centennial Struggle for soliciting opinions within and outside the party. After revision, the draft resolution was submitted to the Sixth Plenary Session for deliberation. This “Resolution” draft is of course a highlight.
If Xi Jinping wants to be re-elected smoothly and to be recognized by all parties, it is reasonable to at least obtain a relatively higher evaluation in this “resolution” called a “historical document” than his predecessor in order to have the public opinion and theoretical basis for re-election. The content disclosed so far has not seen similar signs.
According to a Xinhua News Agency report, “The meeting emphasized…with Comrades Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, and Hu Jintao as the main representatives…Major achievements have been made in promoting revolution, construction, and reform, and valuable experience has been accumulated.”
The evaluation of the former four leaders of the Communist Party of China does not seem to be high. They only achieved “significant achievements and accumulated valuable experience.” It is very likely that they were prepared to leave appropriate space for Xi Jinping’s advancement.
Xinhua News Agency later reported that “since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Comrade Xi Jinping has been the core…new major achievements and new valuable experience have been accumulated.”
The evaluation of Xi Jinping’s performance in this sentence is no different from the evaluation of the previous four. Not only did it fail to rise, it actually seemed relatively low-key.
The evaluation is not high Re-election may be decided by default
From the end of 2020 until the two sessions of the Chinese Communist Party in March 2021, the Chinese Communist Party media has been making high-profile claims that in the face of the “three severe shocks rare in the century”, with Xi Jinping at the core, “handed over a share of people’s satisfaction, world attention, An answer sheet that can be recorded in the annals of history”.
In 2021, with the continuous emergence of “gray rhino” and “black swan” events, economic data will become more bleak, and the tone of the CCP media will gradually weaken. The Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China is very important, and the evaluation of Xi Jinping’s performance should be a barometer. The draft of the “Resolution” discussed at the Politburo meeting did not give a high evaluation of the previous four leaders of the Communist Party of China. Although it left room for Xi Jinping to be elevated, it was not eventually promoted. This may not be the original wish of Xi’s camp, more likely it is. The result of the compromise.
Xinhua News Agency also confirmed that “the meeting believes that the solicitation of opinions promotes democracy, brainstorming, and extensively listened to the opinions and suggestions of all parties inside and outside the party”, “unanimously agrees with the framework and main content of the draft resolution”, and “at the same time put forward many good ideas. Opinions and suggestions. The draft resolution incorporates opinions and suggestions from all regions and departments.”
These subtle remarks indicate that it is very likely that the various factions did not recognize the high evaluation of Xi Jinping. All parties agree with the “framework and main content”, which probably refers to the evaluation of the previous four party leaders; but the evaluation of Xi Jinping may “propose a lot Very good comments and suggestions”. Therefore, the “Resolution” had to “absorb the opinions and suggestions of all regions and departments”, and the final evaluation became the same as the five party leaders.
The various factions may not have the strength to prevent Xi Jinping from being re-elected, but they do not agree with the high evaluation. Perhaps this is the result of a compromise between the Xi camp and all parties. This means that Xi Jinping is likely to be re-elected as he wishes, but other key personnel arrangements and even related policies may have to continue to compromise with all parties.
Although Xi Jinping did not receive a higher evaluation, Xinhua News Agency continued to state that “the Chinese nation has ushered in a great leap from standing up, getting rich to becoming strong, and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has entered an irreversible historical process.”
This slogan evaluation may be regarded as a kind of compensation, at least it can be explained that “strengthening” and “rejuvenating” should be the credit of Xi Jinping; in other words, Xi Jinping’s re-election is “irreversible.” However, the Xinhua News Agency’s report tried to avoid the dilemma of international isolation, saying only that “international status is increasingly consolidated”, which does not match the tone of “strengthening” and “rejuvenation.”
Try to protect the party WorriesCrash
The Xinhua News Agency finally stated, “The meeting pointed out that the whole party must bear in mind that we must be born in sorrow, die in happiness, always have a long-term view, and be prepared for danger in times of peace.”
The CCP should have felt an unprecedented crisis. In the fierce internal fighting, there seems to be a consensus that it cannot bring itself down; no matter how the various factions are disrupted, messed up, dismantled, or even fight to the death or to commit assassinations, they must keep the party. , To preserve the interests of the big and small powerful groups.
The content of the “Resolution” that has been disclosed so far only talks about the “major achievements and accumulated valuable experience” of the five party leaders, but does not mention “serious lessons”, whether it is the catastrophe of the 10-year Cultural Revolution, the Tiananmen Square Massacre of the “June 4th”, or the present day. The persecution of Falun Gong has not ceased. These three taboo topics are the great scandals of the party leaders of the previous generations of the Chinese Communist Party. They must not be touched at will; especially the latter two taboo topics, the “June 4th” in 1989 and the Falun Gong persecution that began in 1999, are still banned inside and outside the party. Talking, desperately trying to cover up.
Although the Cultural Revolution launched in the Mao era has been denied, it must also follow the standard statement and will never be the basis for denying Mao. Deng ordered the “June 4th” massacre, and it cannot be reversed, nor can it be denied. The Falun Gong persecution initiated by Jiang continues to this day. The blood debt gang has been worried about being liquidated. This is also one of the fundamental reasons for the struggle with Xi Jinping in the past decade. The CCP does not dare to reverse it.
It now appears that all parties may begin to compromise again. The Jiang and Zeng faction forces may have repeatedly demanded that they cannot be arrested and cannot be liquidated, at most until Zhou Yongkang and the following political, law, public security, and judicial officials; whether Zeng Qinghong may be thrown out, or it may become the present The focus of contention. The “Resolution” also mentioned Mao, Deng, Jiang, Hu, and Xi. It should be that all parties in the party are avoiding overthrowing any party leader. They are afraid that the CCP may collapse after the truth is revealed. In order to be re-elected, Xi Jinping may once again let go of arrest and liquidation of Jiang Zemin.
Xi Jinping may also temporarily cooperate with Hu Jintao and Tuanpai once again to ensure sufficient re-election support. It is estimated that some clues will be revealed in the follow-up key personnel arrangements. The evaluation of Xi Jinping failed to truly surpass that of his predecessors, and it may well be a reflection of the final compromise of all parties, showing that Xi Jinping did not have true absolute strength for re-election, but was the result of factions taking their own needs and making concessions.
In the face of many internal and external crises, the only consensus among the various factions of the CCP should be to continue to protect the party and the political power, prevent the disintegration due to internal strife, and try not to disclose the details of internal competition to the outside world. The Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee will also try to create The illusion of harmony. The Sixth Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee has roughly drawn up the script, and whether the various factions are really settled depends on whether there may be a play in a play or a play outside the play.
——The Epoch Times debut
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