[Epoch Times November 16, 2021]Hello everyone, and welcome everyone to pay attention to “News Highlights”. I am Li Muyang. Today is November 15th (Monday) Eastern Time, and November 16th (Tuesday) Asian Time.
Today’s focus: Peng Shuai is safe in Beijing? WTA may withdraw from China, Kanter is suspected of being “schemed”; Zeng Qinghong’s party feathers are cut, the fight in the Sixth Middle School continues; Xi Jinping is weakened? The Central Standing Committee tore apart; Wang Jianlin’s “death” brought Jia Qinglin out, and today’s headline moves are weird.
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British police announced on the 15th that the Liverpool taxi bombing was a terrorist attack. Near 11 o’clock in the morning on the 14th, a taxi exploded and caught fire near the entrance of Liverpool Women’s Hospital. The taxi “passenger” was suspected of making an “improvised explosive device” and causing an explosion. The driver locked the suspect in the car, injured himself, and died in the car.
The 89th INTERPOL Congress will be held in Turkey from 23rd to 25th of this month. Representatives of 194 member states will elect two Asian executive committee members of the Executive Committee in a closed meeting. There are currently three candidates. The CCP’s nomination of Hu Binchen, deputy director of the International Cooperation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, to serve as executive committee has aroused widespread concern and even protests.
European Union Executive Committee Chairman Von Delane said on the 15th that the European chip bill will be introduced next year to promote the semiconductor industry chain. The goal is to double the global share of European chips by 2030 and produce the most technologically advanced chips.
On the evening of the 15th Eastern time and the morning of the 16th Asian time, Biden and Xi Jinping held a video meeting. The Wall Street Journal analyzed that this meeting will test the Biden administration’s China policy that integrates “confrontation and cooperation”.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China confirmed that Xu Guojun, the former president of the Guangdong Kaiping branch of the Bank of China, was repatriated from the United States and arrived in China on the 14th. Xu Guojun was accused of embezzlement and embezzlement of huge public funds, and has absconded to the United States for nearly 20 years.
As of 2 p.m. Eastern time on November 15th, 345,358 newly diagnosed CCP viruses (Wuhan virus, COVID-19) were newly diagnosed globally, and the total number of confirmed cases reached 254,058,457; 4,537 people died in a single day. The cumulative total number of deaths is 5.115,985.
Has Peng Shuai got news? Is the person safe in Beijing?
Thirteen days have passed. It is suspected that Peng Shuai, a former Chinese female tennis player who was forced to have sex with Zhang Gaoli, has been exposed by his real name. The International Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) stated today (15th) that Peng Shuai may be “in Beijing.”
WTA Chairman Simon said in an interview with The New York Times, “We have received confirmation from multiple sources, including the China Tennis Association, that she (Peng Shuai) is safe and has not received any personal threats.”
However, Simon pointed out that, including tournament officials and current players, anyone related to the WTA Tour can not directly contact Peng Shuai. Simon said, “My understanding is that she (Peng Shuai) is currently in Beijing, but I can’t confirm this because I didn’t talk to her directly.”
Simon spoke very objectively. He just heard from multiple sources that Peng Shuai was “safe”, but no one outside could contact her. Therefore, the source’s statement cannot be completely believed because there is no corroboration.
In fact, according to the source, it is better to let Peng Shuai come forward. If Peng Shuai appeared in person, all unreasonable guesses would disappear, otherwise people would still have all kinds of guesses.
For example, if Peng Shuai is in Beijing, where is he located? Is it at Zhang Gaoli’s house in Beijing or at the detention center in Beijing? Or did the CCP find a secret location and put Peng Shuai under house arrest? Or is it that Peng Shuai was “evaporated from the world“? If the authorities cannot give a clear explanation, then the greatest possibility is that they are releasing smoke bombs, which confuses the public.
The emergence of these sources is very interesting, because yesterday (14th) the International Women’s Tennis Association just issued a statement calling for a “comprehensive, fair, transparent, and non-approved investigation” against Peng Shuai’s allegations of Zhang Gaoli’s sexual assault. .
Simon believes that while conducting a fair and transparent investigation into this incident, the review of Peng Shuai must be stopped. If this is not the case, “it will not only be an insult to the players, but also an insult to all women.”
Simon said in the statement that the Peng Shuai incident is “deeply worrying” and that “her allegations of sexual assault by a former Chinese (CCP) leader must be treated the most serious.”
The World’s “Big Sisters” Support Before WTA Justice Speaks
Simon told the “New York Times” that “this issue should be properly handled.” He emphasized that “WTA takes the health and safety of players as its absolute top priority. WTA is screaming for justice.”
Simon vowed, “If the proper results are not seen in the end, WTA will be prepared to take measures, and if necessary, it will abandon WTA’s business in China.”
In fact, Simon is very clear about what it means for WTA to do this. He told the New York Times that the WTA may not have much influence on the CCP, and may even be retaliated by the CCP. But he said, “This is all we can do. We will not back down. This is the right position.”
Simon’s statement can not help but awe in WTA. Because in the past 10 years, WTA has paid more and more attention to the Chinese market. They have signed a 10-year agreement with China. Starting in 2019, the WTA has placed the finals of the tour in Shenzhen.
According to Simon, during the agreement period, the CCP organizers plan to invest “more than 1 billion U.S. dollars”, including building new venues, doubling the tournament prize money to 14 million U.S. dollars, and so on.
But now, in the face of huge interests, WTA has chosen to speak out publicly and is not afraid to annoy the CCP. This is quite commendable. For this reason, many current and former well-known tennis players support WTA.
Vlatilova, the former world number one player, agrees with the WTA’s position and supports the WTA’s request to take action against Peng Shuai’s allegations. The former “big sister” of the world wrote on Twitter, “WTA’s position is very strong and correct.”
Chris Evert, a famous American player and the first retired star to be ranked No. 1 in the WTA singles, also said in a tweet, “Yes, these allegations are very disturbing.” Evert wrote, “I’m from Peng knew her when she was 14 years old; we should all be worried; this is serious. Where is she? Is she safe? If there is any information, we would be grateful.”
In addition, French players Alize Cornet, Nicolas Mahut, and British player Lean Brudy also spoke on Twitter about the Peng Shuai incident. Many people are using the label “Where is Peng Shuai” and ask the same question.
WTA or leave China Kanter suspected of being “concealed”
However, based on my observations, it is estimated that the CCP is unlikely to respond positively to the WTA’s call. In other words, it is unlikely that the CCP will conduct an “open and transparent” investigation of Zhang Gaoli, because it involves the CCP’s image of “weiguangzheng”.
As a high-ranking official of the CCP, if he is investigated for sexual assault, it is tantamount to the CCP’s own face. Even if Zhang Gaoli might be investigated or even sent to Qincheng Prison later, it is not surprising that he was sentenced to death for his actual crimes. However, the authorities are unlikely to charge him on charges of “sexual assault.” The most likely thing is economic problems.
Just like Zhou Yongkang, the former national-level big tiger and secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, the nickname “Hundred Chicken King” was involved in a conspiracy coup. But the public charge of his fall from the horse was an economic problem of “corruption and bribery”.
So I think, according to Simon, the possibility of WTA withdrawing from the Chinese market is relatively high. Even if the WTA does not take the initiative to withdraw from the Chinese market, it is very likely to be retaliated by the CCP, just like the retaliation against Kante, a well-known NBA star.
Yesterday (14th) Kanter posted two sentences on Twitter, “Continue to restrict me on the court, and I will expose you off the court.”
Kanter’s two sentences seem to imply something. Statistics of recent Celtics games, it is found that Kanter has not played for 7 consecutive games. With Kanter’s main position in the Celtics, this situation is abnormal.
Many netizens responded to him, “Kant, are you saying that the coach or senior management of the team is being pressured by China (the CCP)?” “It is obviously because of the relationship with China (the CCP).” “You are fearless. A true hero, looking forward to seeing you play again the day.”
Netizens also estimate that Kanter may have been “schemed” by the CCP. Because he has been criticizing the CCP for violating human rights recently. After publicly supporting Hong Kong, Tibet, and Uyghurs, he has recently supported Taiwan twice. He said that he was standing with Taiwan and attracted the President of the Republic of China, Tsai Ing-wen, to make a film to thank him. He also referred to President Xi Jinping of the Chinese Communist Party as a “brutal dictator.”
Although the CCP did not publicly retaliate for these actions by Kanter, it only said that Kanter was “eyeballing” earlier. However, with the characteristics of the CCP, although it did not publicly say revenge, the facts have proved that the CCP is very likely to use insidious tricks.
So from Kanter’s situation, it can be seen that WTA is commendable. Knowing that they might be retaliated by the CCP for speaking out for Peng Shuai, they did not back down and still defy the power to call for a fair and transparent investigation of Zhang Gaoli.
Money is tempting, but there are always things in this world that are more valuable and precious than money, which cannot be bought with money.
Zeng Qinghong’s party feathers were cut to continue the fight in the Sixth Plenary Session
It has been 90 hours since the Sixth Plenary Session of the Communist Party of China closed, and the third “historical resolution” claimed by the Communist Party of China has not yet been published. What happened behind the scenes, why is the passed “historical resolution” so difficult to give birth? (News highlights)
Some Hong Kong media believe that, referring to the practice of the Fifth Plenary Session, this historical resolution may be announced one day this week. Hong Kong’s “Sing Tao Daily” stated today (15th) that the “14th Five-Year Plan and 2035 Vision Goals” adopted by the Fifth Plenary Session of the Central Committee were also announced only 5 days after the closing of the meeting.
In fact, it doesn’t matter which day it is announced now. The important thing is that the third “historical resolution” was delayed. The problems reflected behind the scenes are that the fighting between the CCP factions has continued off the court, and there are signs of tearing between the CCP Standing Committee members.
The day before yesterday (13th), the day after the Sixth Plenary Session of the Communist Party of China closed, Xiao Yi, a member of the Jiangxi Gang and former vice chairman of the Jiangxi Provincial Political Consultative Conference, was declared “double open” and transferred to justice. This is a new round of actions taken by the Xi authorities against the Jiangxi Gang following the continuous naming of the “Iron Hat King” by the “People’s Daily”.
Jiangxi is the hometown of Zeng Qinghong, the No. 2 figure of the Jiang faction. Xiao Yi is said to be related to Zeng Qinghong’s Ma Tsai and former Jiangxi Provincial Party Secretary Su Rong who has been in prison for retirement.
Public information shows that Su Rong served as Secretary of the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee from 2007 to 2013. According to mainland media reports, after Su Rong was investigated in June 2014, he confessed a list of gifts, including Xiao Yi.
Immediately after the Sixth Plenary Session of the Sixth Plenary Session, Xi Jinping took action against Zeng Qinghong’s Jiangxi gang. Does this have anything to do with the dystocia of the Sixth Plenary Session?
When we look back at the CCP’s official media reports after the Sixth Plenary Session, although Xi Jinping is still touted, it actually tends to downgrade Xi Jinping.
On the 12th, the Chinese Communist Party’s official media Xinhua News Agency and People’s Daily both published 3,000-word long articles, but only six of them mentioned Xi Jinping. In CCTV’s 1,500-word commentary, Xi Jinping was mentioned only 4 times. This is not the same as the 77 mentions of Xi Jinping on the opening day of the Sixth Plenary Session.
In other words, Xi Jinping is very likely to be frustrated at the Sixth Plenary Session of the Central Committee. In other words, the fighting between the CCP factions continues, there is no final conclusion, and they are still intensively blending. Xiao Yi was transferred to justice after the Sixth Plenary Session of the Central Committee, which is likely to be a continuation of the fighting off the court at the Sixth Plenary Session.
From this perspective, Xi Jinping does not occupy absolute authority as the outside world estimates, and political opponents still have resistance to him. The so-called political opponents are, of course, his mortal enemies-Jiang Zemin and Zeng Qinghong.
This means that before the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Xi Jinping’s play against Jiang Zeng faction is likely to continue to increase, and we may see more Xi Jiang fights in the future.
Li Wangzhao deliberately omitted “Xi Jinping”?The Central Standing Committee may be torn
In addition, from the content of the CCP’s media reports, one can also observe a sign that the CCP’s Standing Committee is likely to have split.
On the second day of the closing of the Sixth Plenary Session (12th), Li Zhanshu, Chairman of the National People’s Congress of the Communist Party of China, presided over the National People’s Congress meeting. Xinhua News Agency reported that the meeting “studied and implemented General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speech at the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee and the spirit of the plenary session.”
According to reports from Xinhua News Agency, Li Zhanshu is emphasizing Xi Jinping’s status as “one deity”, and “fixing to one deity” comes from the mouth of Li Zhanshu. Li Zhanshu is a hard-core ally of Xi Jinping. He has known Xi Jinping more than 30 years ago. He is deeply trusted by Xi Jinping, so it is expected that Li Zhanshu will support Xi Jinping.
It is worth noting that when Li Keqiang, Wang Yang, and Zhao Leji, also members of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China, presided over the meetings of the State Council of the Communist Party of China, the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, and the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the Xinhua News Agency’s report did not highlight Xi Jinping. The spirit of the Central Plenary Session”.
For the same official CCP media, Xinhua News Agency should have no problem of grasping the yardstick. In other words, this situation may have occurred because Li Keqiang, Wang Yang, and Zhao Leji did not highlight Xi Jinping when they presided over the meeting, and even deliberately omitted “Xi Jinping”.
Two days ago, Akio Yaita, the director of the Taipei branch of Japan’s Sankei Shimbun, posted a comment on the Sixth Plenary Session of the Central Committee on Facebook. He quoted a CCP veteran who had interviewed, “What is more is not important, what is missing is important. What is affirmed is not important, and what is denied is most important.”
From the perspective of this CCP veteran, the actions of Li Keqiang, Wang Yang and Zhao Leji are unusual. This is likely to be a sign of tearing, which seems to be deliberately downplaying Xi Jinping’s influence.
Wang Jianlin was “dead”, today’s headline preemptively deletes posts
Today (15th), “Today’s Toutiao Punishment Announcement on Combating Rumors” has been topped in Weibo hot searches for a long time. Among them, it said that at 9:21 last night, a user named “Being in the Sea 2” “fabricated the news of the death of a well-known business person.” At 10:02, “Toutiao” deleted this post.
“Today’s Toutiao” claimed that this content was “false information and had a bad impact.” As of the time of deletion, the relevant content has been displayed 56 times and read 14 times, so the account of “Being in the Ocean 2” is permanently banned. “Today’s Toutiao” stated, “We will continue to crack down on false information and build a good content ecology.”
The “a well-known business person” mentioned by “Today’s Toutiao” refers to Wang Jianlin, the chairman of Wanda. Network screenshots show that “Being in the Ocean 2” wrote in the post, “Wanda Group Chairman Wang Jianlin died of illness in Beijing at 4:54 pm on November 14, 2021, at the age of 67.”
Some netizens said in a post, “It is indeed true. A friend is on the scene and it has been revealed!”
In response to Internet rumors that Wang Jianlin “died”, Wanda’s official website today published news that Wang Jianlin hosted the meeting. While refuting the rumors, he also stated that the rumors were “too wicked” and “has been reported to the police.”
As for Wang Jianlin’s situation, we are unable to verify the authenticity. Because I didn’t see Wang Jianlin himself, just the news from Wanda’s official website, it seems that the persuasiveness is not enough. Some netizens called on Wang Sicong, the son of Wang Jianlin, to come forward and take up legal weapons, but Wang Sicong, who has always acted high-profile, has not responded until now.
Let’s not care whether Wang Jianlin has a problem or not, but I think the action of “Today’s Toutiao” is quite fast. It takes 40 minutes to post a post from “Being in the Sea 2” to deleting a post on “Today’s Toutiao”.
Forty minutes is not long. How did “Today’s Toutiao” confirm that Wang Jianlin’s “death of illness” was false news. They did not explain, but only said “verified”.
We assume that “Today’s Toutiao” called Wanda Group and learned that Wang Jianlin’s “death of illness” was false news. However, under normal circumstances, cracking down on “fake news on the Internet” is a matter for the CCP police. The correct way to deal with “Today’s Toutiao” should be to notify the police, and then the police will deal with it.
However, we did not see the “Today’s Toutiao” report to the police. Instead, we went ahead of the police and closed the account of “Being in the Sea 2”.
Some analysts believe that the emergence of this “rumor” may be that someone intends to prevent Wanda from listing. At present, Wanda has submitted IPO materials to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
I’m not sure if there is any story behind the operation of “Today’s Toutiao”. But just after the Sixth Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, there was “fake news” about Wang Jianlin’s “death”. I don’t know if this is also related to the CCP’s internal fighting.
Not long ago, the book “Red Roulette” published by former private equity executive Shen Dong pointed out that Wang Jianlin’s wealthy shareholders of the Wan Da Empire involved Li Botan, the son-in-law of former CCP Standing Committee member Jia Qinglin, and former Vice Chairman of the National People’s Congress Wang Zhaoguo. Son Wang Xinyu. In addition, there is a mysterious figure “Jin Yi”.
Shen Dong did not disclose who “Jin Yi” is. The New York Times reporter Fu Caide said in a tweet on the 14th last month that according to their investigation, Jin Yi was the white glove of a former Politburo Standing Committee member. Fu Caide hinted in the video that the former Politburo Standing Committee member is likely to be Jia Qinglin.
During his tenure in Fujian, Jia Qinglin was deeply involved in the case of Lai Changxing Yuanhua, which shocked the whole country. Later, thanks to Jiang Zemin’s asylum, Jia Qinglin escaped.
Now that Wang Jianlin’s “death” has been reported, will it also continue to fight outside in the Sixth Plenary Session? In other words, will the news of Wang Jianlin’s “death” be a signal from the Xi camp? Need our continued attention.
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