ⓒ JoongAng Ilbo / JoongAng Ilbo Japanese version2023.09.06 09:15
Allegations have been made that Chinese President Xi Jinping expressed anger at his aides after he was recently criticized by a group of elders from the Communist Party’s leadership.
On the 5th, Katsuji Nakazawa, editorial board member and editorial writer of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, made this assertion in an online serialized article titled “Xi Jinping Watch.” Nakazawa said, “The atmosphere of this summer’s Beidaihe conference, which was shrouded in mystery, is becoming clearer.” ) was completely different,” he wrote.
Nakazawa, citing multiple sources, reported that there was not a single super-big-name elder from the Communist Party leadership in Beidaihe this summer. Originally, China’s former and incumbent leaders hold secret Beidaihe conferences during the two-week summer vacation to discuss national policies.
Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin died in November last year at the age of 96. Former President Hu Jintao (80) is said to have been forcibly expelled from the closing ceremony of the Communist Party Congress in October last year, and his whereabouts are unknown.
Mr. Nakazawa said that the absence of competent elders from the meeting was a favorable situation for President Xi, but said, “On the contrary, something more complicated happened this summer.” Nakazawa said, “The Chinese economy is in an unprecedented recession since the “reform and opening-up” policy went into full swing. He pointed out that the current real estate recession is a problem.
In July of this year, the Chinese military changed the commander of the Rocket Force, which operates nuclear missiles, and dismissed Qin Gang, the top diplomat who led the wolf-warrior diplomacy, for unknown reasons, and internal turmoil continues.
Committee member Nakazawa reported that the group of elders “began to think seriously that ‘the hearts of the general public might turn away from the party, and our governance itself could be at stake.'” As the sense of crisis deepened, the elders called a meeting on their own prior to the Beidaihe meeting last month and reportedly compiled opinions to be conveyed to the current leadership.
Nakazawa said, “Only a few representatives who had a “consensus” actually entered Beidaihe this time. I uttered a remonstrance with a strong tone that I don’t have.” The elder who took the lead at the time was reportedly Zeng Qinghong (84), former vice president of China and Jiang Zemin’s closest aide.
Nakazawa said that President Xi “exploded his anger on another occasion.” President Xi said, “The problems left by the past three generations (Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, and Hu Jintao) are all weighing on me.” The problem has not been resolved. Are you saying this is my fault?”
In addition to this, Mr. Nakazawa said that it would be dangerous to send an authoritative leader to the Group of 20 (G20) summit, which will be held in India on the 9th and 10th. “It was concluded that it would be appropriate for Li Qiang, who is in charge of practical affairs in China’s economy, to go to India as a substitute for Xi,” he said.
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2023-09-06 00:15:00
