China Watch A window into China: Is Mr. Xi’s visit to the United States a sign of his confidence in avoiding political conflict with the “red second generation”? Hidetoshi Kaneko | Weekly Economist Online

A summit meeting between US President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping was held in San Francisco, US on November 15th. The Chinese side asked for Xi to be treated as a state guest, but it was a normal meeting. Mr. Xi was forced to bow to Mr. Biden as the economy deteriorated rapidly. Once the talks were decided, the Chinese media, which had been completely anti-American, shifted to a pro-American mode.

China is full of negative news such as the excessive outflow of foreign capital and the withdrawal of Western companies such as Gallup. The sudden death of former Prime Minister Li Keqiang, a leader of the reform and opening movement, also had a major impact. Among the general public, commemorating Mr. Li has actually spread a tendency to criticize Mr. Xi. Many of the “red second generation” (children of the Communist Party’s privileged class) who were politically opposed to Mr. Li have grown dissatisfied with Mr. Xi’s dictatorial rule.

One of them is General Liu Yuan, the son of President Liu Shaoqi, who was punished for criticizing Mao Zedong and died a tragic death in the Cultural Revolution. On November 6, Mr. Liu attended the “Liu Shaoqi 125th Birth Anniversary Concert” held at the Beijing Music Administration with his sister. Children and grandchildren of former revolutionaries, including Chairman Mao Zedong’s grandson, Prime Minister Zhou Enlai’s niece, Marshal Zhu De’s grandson and grandson, Foreign Minister Chen Yi’s child, President Hua Guofeng’s child, and General Qin Jiwei’s (Minister of Defense at the time of the Tiananmen Square Incident) children and grandchildren are present. I got it all together.

However, Mr. Xi did not appear. Mr. Xi is also one of the “Red Second Generations,” and although he attended his 120th birthday celebration five years ago, he has since become more dictatorial and has taken over other second and third generations one after another. I knocked it down. He has apprehended the second generation by arresting their asset trustees and confiscating their property.

Prior to the concert, Liu published a paper on the Internet on November 1st stating, “Let’s strengthen the party’s democratic centralism and collective leadership system.” His father, Liu Shaoqi, convened the “Congress of 7,000” in 1962 to bring together party leaders to stop Mao Zedong’s radical socialist policies, and forced them to follow the principle of “the few obey the many.” There is. Although Xi is not named, it is being interpreted as a criticism of Xi’s authoritarian government and far-left economic policies. Now “Modern version 70…