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–One year away from the 20th CCP Congress, the Chinese president reaffirms his power with the advent of “common prosperity”. Presented as a means of reducing inequalities between rich and poor, this Maoist concept allows the authorities to further muzzle the digital and cultural giants.–
After almost three years under house arrest in his luxurious villa in Canada, Meng Wanzhou received full honors when he returned to China at the end of September. The financial director of Huawei, free after an agreement reached with the American justice, who wanted to judge her in particular for “Bank fraud”, was greeted like a head of state upon her arrival in Shenzhen, the headquarters of the telecommunications giant. China has put the dishes in the big, by chartering a charter flight and rolling out the red carpet for him as he gets off the plane.
A few days before the Chinese National Day, October 1, this return was a gift for Communist propaganda. The release of Huawei’s “princess” is proof of the “Power of the Chinese nation”, the nationalist daily enthusiastically Global Times. While she had not yet set foot on Chinese soil, Meng Wanzhou already thanked the local authorities in a statement. “Under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party [PCC, ndlr], my home country is becoming stronger and more prosperous day by day. Without a strong homeland, I would not have my freedom today ”, wrote the daughter of the founder of Huawei. Thanks given even as President Xi Jinping …
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