CCP’s Tightening Control over Speech: A Comprehensive Report on China’s Economic Downturn and Political Landscape

2023-07-16 22:22:52

[Voice of Hope, July 16, 2023](Comprehensive report by our reporter Li Hui) In the face of China’s economic downturn, the CCP continues to tighten control over speech. CCP President Xi Jinping asked the CAC to be “loyal to the party” and “dare to fight and shine the sword.”

From July 14th to 15th, the CCP’s National Network Security and Informatization Work Conference was held in Beijing. Xi Jinping gave instructions on this, proposing that “the party must manage the Internet”, “management is the last word”, and “build a strong country”. “Network security barrier”, insisting that “positive energy is the general requirement”, “management is the last word”, and requires the cyberspace administration at all levels to be “loyal to the party” and “dare to fight and shine the sword”.

Cai Qi, Secretary of the Central Secretariat, Ding Xuexiang, Vice Premier of the State Council, Wang Xiaohong, Minister of Public Security, Chen Wenqing, Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Committee, Zhang Youxia, Vice Chairman of the Military Commission, and others attended the meeting. Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong Province, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, People’s Daily and other relevant personnel spoke at the meeting.

Cai Qi said that it is necessary to strengthen “positive propaganda and guidance” and “prevent network ideological risks” on the Internet. It also requires in-depth study of Xi Jinping’s thoughts on network security, comprehension of “two establishments” and “two maintenances” to improve the effectiveness of comprehensive network governance , “Firmly grasp the leadership of Internet ideological work.”

In recent years, the CCP has been besieged internally and externally. Not only has it been besieged internationally, but domestic conflicts have also escalated.

Recent data point to a sharp decline in economic momentum due to weak demand at home and abroad, as well as a prolonged slump in China’s real estate market, especially the recent depreciation of the yuan, exacerbating debt risks for domestic companies and the government. Even the “insiders” within the CCP system have issued warnings: If the economy continues to deteriorate, the legitimacy of the CCP’s ruling will be shaken.

In the face of the CCP’s dilemma, Xi Jinping has issued warnings many times.

On May 30 this year, Xi Jinping attended the first meeting of the National Security Committee of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and said that the current CCP is facing “significantly increased complexity and difficulty of national security issues.” “Persist in bottom-line thinking and extreme thinking” and be prepared to “bear the major test of high winds and even stormy waves.”

On July 1, the founding day of the CCP, the CCP’s publication Qiushi published Xi Jinping’s speech at the Central Party School in March last year. Xi Jinping said, “If the people we train don’t believe in Marxism and communism, and don’t hold up the banner of socialism with Chinese (CCP) characteristics, there will be drastic changes in Eastern Europe, the collapse of the Soviet Communist Party, and the disintegration of the Soviet Union.” It is unbearable to look back on the tragedy of “In the Moonlight”!”

“The old country can’t bear to look back on Yuemingzhong” comes from the representative work “Yu Meiren” by Li Yu, the last king of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

This also shows that the Xi Jinping government seems to have sensed that a crisis is coming.

Professor Song Guocheng, a senior researcher at the International Relations Research Center of National Chengchi University, once told The Epoch Times that these speeches show that Xi Jinping has an extreme sense of crisis, and he is very afraid that the CCP will collapse like the Soviet Communist Party. “We are now in the most dangerous period since the establishment of the Communist Party of China, and the international environment often has so-called turbulent waves. After the epidemic was unblocked, the Chinese economy is generally in a very weak state. Especially the unemployment and lay-off problems of young people, and People are running out one following another, and companies are moving out, so Xi Jinping is very anxious. Because these factors are combined, it is very likely that his red regime will be shaken.”

Editor in charge: Lin Li

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