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China's Xi Jinping Facing Widespread Opposition in His Own Party, Insider Claims

posted by on Thursday August 20 2020, @07:49AM   Printer-friendly
from the oh-bother dept.

wirelessduck writes:

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: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday August 20 2020, @11:31PM (7 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday August 20 2020, @11:31PM (#1039593) Journal

    That may be one of the dumbest things you have ever posted. There is no universal law that "good triumphs over evil". I don't like the CCCP any better than the next guy, but a reboot may well give us something much worse. Those who can't imagine things getting worse simply lack imagination.

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday August 20 2020, @11:37PM (2 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Thursday August 20 2020, @11:37PM (#1039597) Journal

    I don't like the CCCP any better than the next guy, but a reboot may well give us something much worse.

    The outcomes have been pretty good in the long term so far for such reboots. And the present government of China sucks enough to make a reboot just not that high a risk.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 21 2020, @12:00AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 21 2020, @12:00AM (#1039611)

      >And the present government of China sucks enough to make a reboot just not that high a risk.

      The supply chain disruptions while this sorts itself out will be interesting.

      • (Score: 1) by khallow on Friday August 21 2020, @12:05AM

        by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Friday August 21 2020, @12:05AM (#1039615) Journal
        Plenty of other places can supply, even were China to go offline for a while. Sure, they'd be interesting, but ultimately doable without a lot of fuss.

  • (Score: 3, Informative) by janrinok on Friday August 21 2020, @09:43AM (1 child)

    by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Friday August 21 2020, @09:43AM (#1039822) Journal

    I don't like the CCCP any better than the next guy

    Well, it is probably a good job that the CCCP (Союз Советских Социалистических Республик) [wikipedia.org] or USSR in English disappeared around 30 years ago.

    Oh, you mean CCP (Chinese Communist Party) [wikipedia.org]? If you cannot even get your abbreviations correct then your argument is less convincing that you probably intend it to be. Typos can be a real bitch.

    • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 21 2020, @10:15AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 21 2020, @10:15AM (#1039825)

      Союз Советских Социалистических Республик

      Well, that's easy for you to say.

  • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Friday August 21 2020, @01:00PM

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Friday August 21 2020, @01:00PM (#1039852) Journal

    "CCCP" = "Chinese Communist Party, of China?" Very Dodgeball. :-)

    Or maybe you were thinking of Союз Советских Социалистических Республик, CCCP a.k.a. the USSR.

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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday August 21 2020, @01:22PM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday August 21 2020, @01:22PM (#1039860) Journal

    *sigh* Too many Cs in CCP.