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

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: 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.