2024-03-03 22:31:00
[New Tang Dynasty News, Beijing time, March 03, 2024]The “Two Sessions” of the Communist Party of China are just around the corner. The atmosphere in Beijing is more tense than in previous years. The number of armed police patrolling in front of Tiananmen has increased significantly, and the number of plainclothes police in front of Xinhua Gate in Zhongnanhai has also increased by one according to visual inspection. More than times.
The annual CPPCC and National People’s Congress meetings (commonly known as the “Two Sessions”) will be held in Beijing on March 4 and 5 respectively. The authorities’ “stability maintenance” measures have been continuously upgraded.
Hong Kong’s “Ming Pao” reported on the 3rd that the closed-loop management of the two sessions this year will be lifted. However, security in Beijing is stricter than in recent years. Checkpoints have been added at the intersections entering the core section of Chang’an Street. Pedestrians who want to enter need to swipe their ID cards and return home. The certificate is checked manually.
Near Tiananmen Square, even citizens riding bicycles on the road need to pass checkpoints. There are teams of armed police patrolling in front of Tiananmen Square. Visual inspection shows that there are more people patrolling than usual.
In front of Xinhua Gate in Zhongnanhai, the number of plainclothes officers more than doubled.
In addition to the obvious increase in the number of armed police, the number of “Chaoyang people” has also increased a lot. According to the report, starting from Jianguo Road, there is a “Chaoyang Mass” booth every 500 meters or so. Grandpas and aunties around 60 years old are in groups of three or four, wearing red clothes and red hats. Some are sitting and chatting, and some are sitting and chatting. People stand under red umbrellas.
“Stability maintenance” in various places is upgraded ahead of schedule
Prior to this, “stability maintenance” measures across China have been upgraded. Dissidents, rights defenders and petitioners in Beijing, Hebei, Jiangsu, Wuhan and Guizhou have been strictly controlled by the local police. Some have been placed under house arrest, while some have been ” travel”.
On March 2, “Across Japan” released a video on the overseas social media platform personnel.
Wang Quanzhang’s young child said that he no longer wanted to go to school because the authorities would send people to follow him to and from school, and even broke into the classroom. He said, “It’s very annoying to see these people at the door now.”
Chinese dissident Ji Feng recently told Radio Free Asia that he was notified by the National Security Council that he would be “traveled” until the end of the Two Sessions: “The relevant departments have come to my home to notify me and will take me out for a trip in a few days, which is during the Two Sessions in Beijing. , two of them (Domestic Security) drove me out and took me around Guizhou Province, they didn’t need to tell me how long, to Liupanshui and other places.”
Beijing independent journalist Gao Yu posted on X on February 27 that it was really unbearable to live in Beijing during the “Two Sessions” period. Today, the national security guards from all districts in Beijing are dispatched once more. They make phone calls and come to the door. The reason is the same. The national security guards in Shijiazhuang informed Beijing that a strictly controlled dissident SYP (Note: Sun Yuanping) in the city is coming to Beijing and must be stopped. Sensitive people in Beijing gathered with him.
More than 20 people were dismissed due to fierce infighting at the top level
In addition to tightening surveillance on dissidents and petitioners, fierce infighting among top leaders of the Chinese Communist Party has also added to the tense atmosphere of this year’s Two Sessions.
According to the official announcement of the Communist Party of China, the number of National People’s Congress deputies participating in the Two Sessions this year dropped from 2,977 last year to 2,956 this year. Within one year, 24 National People’s Congress deputies were terminated or dismissed, a number that is unprecedented in history.
Except for two of the above-mentioned 24 people who died, the remaining 22 were dismissed for corruption. In addition, Qin Gang, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China, “resigned as a representative of the National People’s Congress.”
Among the military deputies to the National People’s Congress, 10 people have had their qualifications terminated or dismissed from the National People’s Congress. These people are all major generals or even generals of the Chinese Communist Party’s navy and air force.
Four other senior military officials were revoked as members of the CPPCC.
When the 14th Standing Committee of the CPPCC National Committee met on March 2, it ratified the decision to revoke the qualifications of Wu Yansheng, Liu Shiquan, Wang Changqing, and Wang Xiaojun as CPPCC members. These four people are all high-level officials of the Chinese Communist Party’s military industry. It is generally speculated that these people are likely to be involved in the Rocket Force corruption case.
(Editor: Wen Bin)
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