[News Talk]Is the CCP panicking and banning party media from mentioning Xi and the military? | Xi Jinping | Taiwan | Middle East

[New Tang Dynasty News, Beijing time, October 18, 2024]Hello everyone, welcome to “News Talk”, I am Fuyao. Today is October 18th, Friday.

The guests of this program are: Chen Shimin, associate professor of the Department of Political Science at National Taiwan University; Mark, the host of the military channel “Mark Time and Space”; Qin Peng, a current affairs commentator and senior political and economic analyst.

Today’s focus: Taiwan issues passports to mainlanders? Xi Jinping appears in sensitive place! The war in the Middle East is over? The CCP is panicking; has the party media banned mentioning Xi and the military? alert! Military exercise around Taiwan: two missiles fired! Is he bowing to the United States?

[ShouldtheRepublicofChinaissue”specialpassports”tomainlandersover75yearsold?】

President Lai Qingde of the Republic of China proposed the “Motherland Theory” on National Day. President Lai said, “In terms of age, it is absolutely impossible for the People’s Republic of China to become the motherland of the people of the Republic of China. On the contrary, the Republic of China may be the motherland of the people over 75 years old of the People’s Republic of China.” motherland”. (Go to video V1)

As a result, well-known overseas dissident Xu Wenli published an open letter calling on the Taiwan government to issue “Special Republic of China Passports” to mainland Chinese citizens over 75 years old in order to resolve cross-strait conflicts. However, can this move really resolve the cross-strait conflict?

While inviting guests to analyze, we also welcome viewers of “News Talk” to follow today’s issues with us in the message area.

If you think this would be a good idea and that the Republic of China should issue “special passports” to mainland people over 75 years old, then please write 1 in the message area. If you do not agree with this approach, please write 2 in the message area.

Of course, if you think this is not the best solution to cross-Strait relations, everyone has better insights and methods for cross-Strait relations, and you are welcome to leave your opinions.

1. Professor Chen Shimin and Mr. Qin Peng, aside from nationality and identity, and even involving additional issues such as citizen welfare, elderly care and health care, do you think the Republic of China should issue special passports to mainland elderly people over 75 years old? Or do you have other better opinions?

[Own poll: 73%: The CCP’s power has changed. 27%: Still determined to be one]

Let’s review the poll results from the last episode of the show.

North Korea blew up the inter-Korean highway, causing tensions to escalate. At a time when relations between the CCP, Russia, and North Korea were changing, the Russian Defense Minister made a sudden visit to China and met with Zhang Youxia, the CCP Military Commission. As one of the axis powers, what happened to the CCP?

1 There are power changes at the top level of the CCP
2 Zhongnanhai is still determined to be one

Rough poll results: 73% of the people believe that “there are power changes in the top leadership of the CCP”; 27% of the audience believe that “Zhongnanhai is still determined to be the same.”

Many people also expressed their opinions. Netizen “diablo bt” said: “Whether it is Zhang or Xi, there is no essential difference.”

2. Mr. Mark and Mr. Qin Peng, what do you think of the results of this program’s small poll?

[IsraelconfirmsthedeathofHamasleaderWillthesituationintheMiddleEastwarfinallychange?】

On Thursday (October 17), CNN quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that Israel had confirmed to U.S. officials that based on preliminary DNA testing, Hamas leader Sinwar was dead.

3. Mr. Mark, to capture the thief first, capture the king. Now that the leader of Hamas is dead, will this lead to a loss of power within Hamas and quickly end the war in the Middle East? What factors are currently restricting the war in the Middle East?

Since Hamas fired rockets into Israel on October 7, 2023, triggering the war, the CCP has never condemned Hamas’s actions. Instead, it has criticized the Israeli side that fought back. The CCP has long expressed its “pro-Kazakhstan stance” many times.

However, the CCP has also taken a sharp turn recently.

On October 8 this year, Mao Ning, spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China, said in response to a reporter’s question that “Israel’s reasonable security concerns should also be taken seriously.”

4. Professor Chen Shimin, has the CCP changed its “position to support Hamas”? What factors does the CCP’s position depend on?

[Hasitbecomecommonpracticeto“lettheleadergofirst”afterthedeathofHamasleader?】

Israel just assassinated Hezbollah leader Nasrallah at the end of last month, including his successor Safieddin, who is also said to be dead and has lost contact. Now that the leader of Hamas has been killed, will the Western camp’s main idea of ​​”letting the leader go first” become a common practice and become a new direction for the totalitarian system?

5. Mr. Qin Peng, how do you expect the situation in the Middle East to change? How will the proxy wars fought by Israel, large and small, affect the world structure?

[The Chinese Communist Army launched two missiles in a drill? Official media strangely did not mention Xi’s exchanges with the military]

Speaking of cross-strait relations, starting from this week, there are indeed signs of tension recently.

The Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese Communist Army conducted a “flash-mob” military exercise around Taiwan called “Joint Sword-2024B” on the 14th, dispatching a record 153 military aircraft, warships and coast guard ships, and arranging the Liaoning ship to participate in the exercise for the first time. In addition, Taiwan’s national security officials revealed that the Chinese Communist Army launched two missiles inland during this military exercise, but the direction was not towards Taiwan.

At the same time, Xi Jinping, leader of the Communist Party of China, made a rare absence from the military theory work conference of the entire army convened by the Communist Party of China in Beijing.

From the 15th to the 16th, Xi Jinping conducted so-called “inspections and surveys” in Zhangzhou, Xiamen and other places in Fujian Province.

In addition, Xi Jinping also went to Dongshan County, which faces the Taiwan Strait to the east and faces Taiwan across the sea. And here, it has always been a training venue for military exercises against Taiwan, so it is very sensitive.

Recently, 1,500 factories in Guangdong will move to Sichuan, and Sichuan has become the only strategic hinterland named in the land and space planning approved by high-level officials. Outsiders question, is this going to become a war readiness factory?

Strangely, unlike in the past, the Chinese Communist Party’s official media did not disclose whether the party leader had communicated with the Fujian garrison.

The CCP believes that “power emerges from the barrel of a gun,” so this move has heightened the outside world’s speculation about the change of power in the South China Sea.

6. Mr. Mark, how do you interpret the party leader’s schedule and the Chinese Communist Army’s military exercises? What signal is released?

[BowdowntotheUnitedStates?WilltheChineseCommunistPartyandtheTaiwanStraitandtheeconomybothlose?】

Against the background of tense relations between China and the United States and an imminent conflict in the Taiwan Strait, the party leader appeared in Dongshan County, Fujian Province. And here he is, strengthening military deterrence against Taiwan while also talking about boosting the domestic economy.

On the 17th, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the Communist Party of China proposed the so-called “plan to allow 4.5 million young people and new citizens to live in affordable housing by the end of this year.” The central bank also announced that “most existing housing loans will be adjusted in batches on October 25.” In line with the previous many an economic stimulus plan.

At the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations 2024 Annual Awards Dinner, Xi actually proposed that China and the United States’ respective successes are “opportunities” for each other and should become an enabler for each other’s development, not an obstacle. He said that China is willing to “be partners and friends” with the United States.

7. Professor Chen Shimin and Mr. Qin Peng, the outside world is concerned about whether the top leaders of the Chinese Communist Party are more focused on the economy or the Taiwan Strait? At a time when the domestic economic big move has been unable to work, the Chinese Communist Party has shown goodwill to the United States and went to Dongshan to demonstrate. How do you observe the contradictory behavior of the highest authorities of the Chinese Communist Party?

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