Breaking News – With the opening of CCP’s two congresses, a high-level power strife emerged

Posted by Michael Anderson on Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

With the opening of CCP’s two congresses, a high-level power strife emerged [3:17m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

According to comprehensive news by SOH, the first meeting of The 11th Session of Communist Party’s Politics and Consultation Commission (CPPCC) began on the 3rd March in Beijing whilst the first meeting of the11th Session of National People’s Congress would also commence on 5th March. Prior to this meeting, from 25th to 27th February at the 2nd Session of 17th plenary session, Xi Jinping and Li Ke-Qiang were designated as national vice chairmen and the First Deputy Prime Ministers of the State Council, and their designation would be confirmed in the subsequent meeting of the National People’s Congress.

Experts believe that behind the biggest personnel changes at “the two sessions” is a new round of internal strife among Hu Jintao, Jiang Zemin, and Zeng Qinghong happening behind the red walls.

On 26th February, at a municipal general meeting, Jiang Zemin’s aunt nephew, the Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee of the CCP and the Standing Committee of The Political and Law Commission, Wu Zhi-Ming no longer assumed office concurrently as the Chief of Public Security Bureau, which marks the power by nephew of Jiang Zemin’s aunt as greatly diminished. Moreover it is learnt that Jiang had strongly elected Xi Jinping at the Second Plenary of 17th Session as vice chairman of the Central Military Commission restraining Hu Jintao, but vetoed by Hu. Another source said that Jiang Zemin, suffering from facial nerve paralysis and Parkinson’s disease, is unlikely to have public activities, and particularly will be unable to attend the two national congresses.

It is known that Jiang’s last public appearance was on 8th November last year. At present the news spread over the Internet that was granted by the Central Party Committee is; facially paralysed Jiang Zemin, who evaded to Guangzhou, living in the military hospital, demands his health condition to be strictly confidential.

Analysts believed that Jiang Zemin would be unable to attend the two congresses because of muscle atrophy. In terms of health or political power, Jiang’s forces have been degenerating already, a more consolidated power at its second phase by Hu and Wen will be staged.

But there are also reports saying that while Hu is in the sweeping high level power strife, Jiang Zemin’s trusted clan, Zhou Yongkang who directly controls the political and legal systems, arrested large numbers of Falun Gong practitioners, petitioners and rights advocates in Beijing and Shanghai. The CCP’s atrocities domestic and abroad have met the voices of condemnation from the international society. Before the eve of the two congresses, another wave of appeals by open letters in Mainland China is waged to urge Hu and Wen to end autocracy and suppression on Chinese people, and to bring the culprits to justice. Hu and Wen’s response to the massive appeal is drawing various concerns.

The above news is brought to you by Tian Le, and hosted by Chris Thomas for Breaking News on The SOH Radio Network.

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