Oct 22, 2022·edited Oct 22, 2022Liked by Austrian China
Very interesting overview, thanks!
On the taking people to isolation camps. Did the authorities really kill 27 citizens on the way there? What was the justification? Was this confirmed by Chinese sources?
It would be also interesting to read your assessment of the results of the XX Congress of the CCP. Looks like chairman Xi and the forces behind him were the overall winners, especially in light of how elderly Hu Jintao was removed from the podium at the closing of congress, and the fact that liberal Li Keqiang will no longer be a member of politburo. I remember the celebration by the liberal Canada when Hu Jintao came to power in 2002. The main liberal rupor, The Globe & Mail (equivalent of the New York Times in US) came up with the weekend edition dedicated entirely to China and personally to Hu Jintao. I'm not kidding - the entire newspaper edition was convincing Canadians that China was great, but under Hu Jintao it is going to be the greatest. I couldn't believe my eyes back then. Where was I in Toronto or in Beijing?
As already mentioned in the comments on the following post (The Global Race to the Bottom), in the end Xi Jinping was re-elected as Chairman and Head of the Military Commission. Li Qiang, XJP's previous secretary who is now the Shanghai party secretary, will be the new Prime Minister, i.e. in position to succeed XJP whenever he should happen to take leave of us. Given his fairly solid track record in Shanghai, this can be seen as a bright side.
Very interesting overview, thanks!
On the taking people to isolation camps. Did the authorities really kill 27 citizens on the way there? What was the justification? Was this confirmed by Chinese sources?
It would be also interesting to read your assessment of the results of the XX Congress of the CCP. Looks like chairman Xi and the forces behind him were the overall winners, especially in light of how elderly Hu Jintao was removed from the podium at the closing of congress, and the fact that liberal Li Keqiang will no longer be a member of politburo. I remember the celebration by the liberal Canada when Hu Jintao came to power in 2002. The main liberal rupor, The Globe & Mail (equivalent of the New York Times in US) came up with the weekend edition dedicated entirely to China and personally to Hu Jintao. I'm not kidding - the entire newspaper edition was convincing Canadians that China was great, but under Hu Jintao it is going to be the greatest. I couldn't believe my eyes back then. Where was I in Toronto or in Beijing?
Would you like to elaborate on who you are and where (if at all) you are located in China?
As already mentioned in the comments on the following post (The Global Race to the Bottom), in the end Xi Jinping was re-elected as Chairman and Head of the Military Commission. Li Qiang, XJP's previous secretary who is now the Shanghai party secretary, will be the new Prime Minister, i.e. in position to succeed XJP whenever he should happen to take leave of us. Given his fairly solid track record in Shanghai, this can be seen as a bright side.
Is this testing forced on everyone or just the ones who didn't get the shot?
If the jabbed don't have to keep testing, then it's just a forced inconvenience to make them get the jabs.