2023-09-24 12:22:02
On September 22, 2023, on the eve of the opening ceremony of the 2022 Asian Games, police patrolled on a subway train in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. (ADEK BERRY/AFP via Getty Images)
[The Epoch Times, September 24, 2023]The Chinese Communist Party has spent more than 200 billion yuan to build the Hangzhou Asian Games. At this time, when Hangzhou hosted the G20 Summit 7 years ago, a grassroots civil servant in Zhejiang published an article “Hangzhou, for you” “Shame” is spreading on the Internet again. The author of this article not only lost his official position but was also criminally detained.
On September 23, Xi Jinping personally announced the opening of the Asian Games in Hangzhou, and the public complained about the authorities’ high-pressure and stability maintenance in hosting the Asian Games.
On the 23rd, the surrounding areas of the Hangzhou Asian Games venues were heavily guarded, and traffic control was implemented on a large scale. There were sentries everywhere in the nearby streets, making it impossible for ordinary people who wanted to watch the excitement to get close. In addition, dozens of subway stations are out of service, which has greatly affected citizens’ travel. Some people complained online about the sealed doors and windows, questioning, “The whole city is like a big prison. Is it safe or unsafe?”
At the Asian Games opening ceremony on the evening of the 23rd, an extravagant large-scale performance was held as usual. Xi Jinping and dignitaries from many countries attended. The security level of the entire Hangzhou city and surrounding areas was raised to the highest level.
According to a research report from the Zhejiang Provincial Bureau of Statistics, even after deducting venue construction funds, Hangzhou still invested at least 200 billion yuan in urban infrastructure construction during the preparations for the Asian Games from 2016 to 2020, which is approximately the amount of Guangzhou in 2010. Twice as much as the Asian Games.
Senior commentator Cai Shenkun uploaded an old article on the X platform on the morning of September 24 and said: “Guo Enping’s article “Hangzhou, Shame on You” brought him jail time. After 7 years, Hangzhou’s old tricks are repeated. There is another sports hall that is even more expensive and even larger. In order to satisfy the vanity of all nations, no matter the cost or any price, the people’s wealth and wealth also quietly flowed into the hands of the powerful through this glamorous face project. The huge debt will inevitably be passed on to the entire people.”
From September 4 to 5, 2016, the 11th Leaders’ Summit of the Group of Twenty (G20) was also held in Hangzhou. Guo Enping, deputy director of the Baiyun Street Office and director of the Convenience Service Center in Jiaojiang District, Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province, published an article “Hangzhou, Shame on You” on his QQ personal space on July 10 under the online name “Bottle”. He was later labeled “Hangzhou” by the authorities. He was detained administratively for ten days on the grounds of “spreading rumors and attacking”, which was later transferred to criminal detention, and he was dismissed from public office.
Cai Shenkun’s post has been viewed 328,000 times and shared 282 times in less than 24 hours. Many netizens left messages:
Traveling around Zhongnanhai: “The Chinese Communist Party is more corrupt and shameless than the late Qing Dynasty.”
LOCKE_CHANG: “In a word, the outside of the donkey dung egg is bright!”
Anea: “So civilized countries would be ashamed to support them!”
willgood: “Lingyin Temple Jigong shook his head.”
The following is the full text of “Hangzhou, Shame on You”:
I haven’t been to the beautiful Hangzhou this year, but I often hear news about Hangzhou. The G20 Summit is about to be held. All streets have been renovated, all roofs have been lightened, and all shops have been beautified. What’s even more shocking is that the government gave each household near the conference venue 10,000 yuan and asked them to travel during the conference; presumably all surrounding units would have a holiday and all schools would be closed.
The news kept coming. Some folks who were doing business in Hangzhou went home because all shopping malls and markets around the venue were closed, and companies and factories within a radius of dozens of kilometers shut down early. A large number of police forces from all over the province were mobilized to Hangzhou in early July. I heard that each police officer participating in the security would receive a subsidy of 100,000 yuan. I couldn’t believe it. Of course, you can’t just enter Hangzhou. There are still many things we don’t know. The amount of money spent on each project I hear is astronomical, enough to make people jaw-dropping. It can easily range from tens to hundreds of millions. Hangzhou is rich, China is really rich. Hangzhou is so beautiful, so beautiful that the city is covered in makeup, heavy makeup, and winking eyes. China is rich, and its wealth makes people feel chilled and want to curse.
It is said that the total budget is 160 billion yuan, but the fiscal revenue of Hangzhou City in 2015 was only 223.875 billion yuan, and that of Zhejiang Province was only 481 billion yuan. I can’t help but wonder, with so much money, can we just build another Hangzhou? Is it worth spending 70% of Hangzhou’s annual fiscal revenue for these few days of meetings? Should it be done? Privilege is nothing new in China. But while everyone is accustomed to it, they always have doubts. A one-day holiday is required for national holidays, and requires a document issued by the State Council. The Spring Festival is only closed for three days, but now it is better, and it lasts for about ten days.
Whenever there is a huge disaster, donations will be made from all over the country, and May 15th Charity Day will be established. Donations are mandatory every year. It would be better now to spend hundreds of billions of dollars. Officials in China have always spent public funds like water, but this time they are even more grandiose and intensified. I heard that in order to catch up with the schedule, many projects have completely abandoned the legal procedures for bidding. This is so sloppy, irresponsible and reckless. How much corruption will this breed? Is anyone worried about settling the score in the future? Who has such privilege, who has given such privilege, to arbitrarily override the law and completely ignore the existence of taxpayers? Why can’t we have a normal conference? Do we have to mobilize all our troops and give everything we have?
Aren’t the current national leaders strongly advocating diligence and frugality? Isn’t Hangzhou’s approach going in the opposite direction? What is Hangzhou afraid of? What do you want? What is it covering up? It’s like a pure and beautiful woman who has been transformed into a flirtatious prostitute; a bustling city with a bustling crowd has been transformed into an empty city. What happened to the bare face? Hangzhou’s plain makeup is a paradise on earth, unparalleled in the world and the pride of people across the country. Isn’t it beautiful enough? Not confident enough? It is really making a mountain out of a molehill and is self-defeating.
Hangzhou is brand new, is that a good thing? What you see is just artificial and vulgar decoration; what is lost is precisely the history and culture of a city; what is dressed up is just superficial kitsch; what is lost is precisely the profound heritage. There are so many empty houses in the surrounding area. It is deserted and lonely. There are only groups of police. Will foreigners be scared? Will the world be surprised? If international friends want to visit a shopping mall, buy a beautiful gift, taste special snacks, and chat with Chinese people, how can they make their wish come true? It is said that it is all about image. If the image is not real and natural, does it still have meaning?
They say it’s for safety, but are the surrounding residents and businesses all suspected of being terrorists? In some places, surveillance cameras are required in every classroom in schools. Does this have anything to do with the G20? Is social security so terrible? Are those in power so unreliable? If a conference is held at the expense of disturbing the people, or directly in the name of an international conference, disturbing the people brutally and arbitrarily, completely disrupting everyone’s normal work and life, and changing the normal social order every day, then the conference has not even started. failed.
There is a saying that has been taught since childhood that the interests of the motherland are above all else. In fact, this sentence implies another saying, that is, the interests of the common people are worthless. This is a tragedy for a city, and even more so for a country. Those who are confident enough do not need to panic when they hear that guests are coming. A person who is sincere at heart does not need to pretend before the guests arrive. Those who treat each other as friends need not drive away their own family before the guests. The grass and trees are all surrounded by soldiers, the wind is roaring, and then wearing a painted mask, this is not the way to treat guests, it is clearly like facing a formidable enemy. Hangzhou, why can’t you face the world with a plain face and a normal heart?
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