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posted by on Thursday August 20 2020, @07:49AM   Printer-friendly
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President-for-life Xi Jinping Facing Massive Pushback From the CCP, Insider Claims

A former professor at China’s elite Central Party School has issued an unprecedented rebuke of the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, accusing him of “killing a country” and claiming that many more want out of the ruling Chinese Communist party.

Cai Xia, a prominent professor who taught at the school, a higher education institution for top officials, was expelled from the party on Monday after an audio recording of remarks she made that were critical of Xi was leaked online in June. She is no longer in China. The school said in a notice that Cai, a professor at the party school since 1992, had made comments that “damaged the country’s reputation” and were full of “serious political problems”.

In her first interview[*] with English-language media since her expulsion, Cai told the Guardian she was “happy to be expelled”.

[*] 'He killed a party and a country': a Chinese insider hits out at Xi Jinping.


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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by aiwarrior on Thursday August 20 2020, @01:13PM (8 children)

    by aiwarrior (1812) on Thursday August 20 2020, @01:13PM (#1039338) Journal

    Putting aside the (numerous and grotesque) human rights

    That is a huge portion to set aside when comparing the western style systems and Popular Republic of China. I would say we lose.

    There was once an article about mafias, and one of the points was that in totalitarian regimes there is not much organized crime. Only in relatively free countries do they thrive. I think there might be a parallel here with our weaknesses and their strengths, and why if you set aside the human rights issue, they are better. I would rather live in a place where I am not disappeared than a min-maxed human civilization. Maybe Darwin is stacked against me, but I believe the human being does have an innate freedom of will that will always erode totalitarian regimes and at it's worse devolve to anarchy.

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 20 2020, @01:33PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 20 2020, @01:33PM (#1039347)

    There was once an article about mafias, and one of the points was that in totalitarian regimes there is not much organized crime.

    The article was stupid then because the CCP and other totalitarian governments operate exactly as organized criminal gangs. It's bad enough in Western countries where we can supposedly hold our politicians accountable for malpractice in office.

  • (Score: 1, Troll) by Freeman on Thursday August 20 2020, @05:06PM (5 children)

    by Freeman (732) on Thursday August 20 2020, @05:06PM (#1039441) Journal

    So, the secret police in the USSR / Nazi Germany, those weren't so terrible as far as human rights are concerned? As far as Human Rights are concerned, just go ask China about the Uighurs. Sure, the US populace's overall view of Muslim people took a sharp nose dive when 9/11 happened. Yet, we didn't round every Muslim up into "re-education" camps for the "good of us all". People in general in the USA take our freedoms for granted.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 20 2020, @07:16PM (4 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 20 2020, @07:16PM (#1039503)

      Remember to call the overseer "Sir" and always speak politely to the Masters wearing suits. There's a concrete slab in a 10x10 cell waiting for anyone who dares to step out of line.

      • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Freeman on Thursday August 20 2020, @08:53PM (3 children)

        by Freeman (732) on Thursday August 20 2020, @08:53PM (#1039535) Journal

        Seems like that would fit China just as well, if not more so.

        People complain about the federal police taking people off the street in Portland, but those same people turn a blind eye to China disappearing its' own citizens. It's quite obvious. https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/25/asia/fan-bingbing-back-china/index.html [cnn.com]

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        • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Thursday August 20 2020, @11:24PM

          by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday August 20 2020, @11:24PM (#1039589) Journal

          People complain about the federal police taking people off the street in Portland, and then putting them back on the street.

          I felt that your sentence needed a fix. Unlike China, or the Soviet, or East Germany, no one has disappeared from the streets of Portland, never to be heard from again.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 22 2020, @12:18PM (1 child)

          by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 22 2020, @12:18PM (#1040330)

          Why should American citizens give a damn about what China does? Our own government is a much bigger threat to us. China being China isn't surprising or alarming, it's just the status quo.

          • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Tuesday August 25 2020, @04:25PM

            by Freeman (732) on Tuesday August 25 2020, @04:25PM (#1041677) Journal

            Because, for the last decade or two, we've kept offshoring our manufacturing to China. Which continues to hurt us. Turning a blind eye to things that happen in China, because they're not us, is nuts. We should care that their citizens are being disappeared, that many Chinese people are trapped in slave like conditions in manufacturing complexes, and that we are supporting the abuse of Chinese citizens.

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  • (Score: 2) by RamiK on Friday August 21 2020, @12:46AM

    by RamiK (1813) on Friday August 21 2020, @12:46AM (#1039639)

    There was once an article about mafias, and one of the points was that in totalitarian regimes there is not much organized crime. Only in relatively free countries do they thrive.

    First of all, plenty of northern European nations kept many non-commodities off the market so you're suggesting a link that isn't there.

    Regardless, that's just moving the goalposts: Whether its white color crimes or violating environmental and/or safety regulations, in western democracies you can often find major businesses getting away with causing more harm to the public than a crime syndicate ever could in a totalitarian regime. And again, the same distinction holds true: When criminal organizations get too notorious, there's a chance they'll get taken down. But when a chemical plant blatantly disregards lives and releases toxic that end up poisoning a whole city, it get settled in a civil case since the state's attorney doesn't feel like going against the people the pay for his reelections.

    Still, in the end you can't really isolate the impact of crimes vs. corporate greed. So, you're left with with quality of life and GDP growth figures. They have flaws. Especially GDP. But in the end, they favor nations that keep non-commodities out of the market with almost no exceptions.

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