There's new unrest in inner mongolia where protests are now breaking out over a recent ccp policy and the regime has
responded by sending the military in to allegedly quell the unrest
The floods in china also are still not showing signs of stopping as waves of floods continue to hit
In the yangtze in yellow rivers in response ccp authorities have announced they will quote save Henan in the upper reaches
And jiangsu in the lower reaches i'll go into what this actually means
Also, i'll be taking an in-depth look at xi jinping's plans to allegedly bring back the title of chairman
Which is the same held by mao zedong, and that would give absolute authority within the chinese communist party
Welcome back everyone first off some breaking news
The former Khmer Rouge commander comrade douche who is pol pot's main executioner and security chief who oversaw the murder
of at least 14 000 cambodians in the notorious s-21
Tuol Sleng prison died today at 77 years old now Duch's real name was Kaing Guek Eav
Was the first member of the khmer rouge leadership who faced trial in the communist regime's programs that killed at least
1.7 million people about a third of the population and the genocide known for its killing fields from
1975 to 1979
He was found guilty in a u.n tribunal in 2010 for mass murder torture and crimes against humanity
As a bit of background on this my father-in-law was a physician in cambodia and escaped one of their death camps
He was actually famous for being one of the first individuals for coming out and exposing the genocide that took place in cambodia
Victims of communism memorial foundation did a video on his stories. Dr
Nal Oum and actually one thing he told me personally and that he said previously as well and other people in cambodia have said as well
Is the chinese communist party played a close role in cambodia
You would often see at these different camps these death camps in cambodia the chinese military in their blue uniforms. They were unmistakable
And they were playing an advisory role for the Khmer rouge in the genocide that took place
Now meanwhile
There is new unrest in inner mongolia where protests are not breaking out over a recent chinese policy
And where videos suggest the ccp is responding by sending in its military
This began with the ccp announced in late august
It would require primary and secondary schools in inner mongolia's northern region to begin teaching and mandarin
And would forbid as well teaching in the mongolian language
mongolians responded to this with mass protests mainly students and their parents
Videos posted online on august 31st show military armored vehicles appearing on the streets in inner mongolia
Which were believed to be sent by the ccp in response to the protests
Now despite this however students and parents were continuing their protest. They're not letting up
According to radio free asia chinese authorities have now instituted a curfew in the region's lubei city
Eyewitnesses claimed the city was on lockdown no cars were allowed to enter or leave the city as well
Now when it comes to inner mongolia
The chinese communist party is launching a cultural genocide inner mongolia is the part claimed by the ccp
There's also an independent part of mongolia as well
When it comes to what's happening in inner mongolia right now this ties to a broader picture to what's happening in china
The ccp is cracking down on religion
It is cracking down on different cultural groups that it is launching suppressive measures against. it fears
Unrest and so when people are in these regions protesting against the ccp
When they speak out against its measures and when they come out and stand up against its different policies
The ccp may respond with a pretty heavy hand the ccp right now fears
Unrest why would I care about a bunch of students and their parents
Protesting a language program to the extent that it would possibly be sending in its military
This is a show of fear by the ccp
It's a show that the ccp is unsecure about its own hold in that region
now in addition to this in addition to the ccp's lockdowns
It has increased security presence in inner mongolia and in xinjiang where the muslim uighurs are
The chinese regime is also now turning its sights on tibet
According to south china morning post ccp leader xi jinping has given orders to increase border security in the region
This is in context of growing conflicts along the india border now report from ccp mouthpiece news at xinhua
Suggested this move goes beyond disputes however, instead it's calling for a new campaign to educate the public about fighting quote
splitism and to quote form an impregnable fortress of maintaining stability
And to strengthen the unity it says of ethnic groups in tibet now similar what's happening in inner mongolia
The report is also calling for additional actions in the local schools only rather than a language program. Xi called for a more ideological
education system to quote plant the seeds of loving china and the depths of the hearts of every youth
And when they say loving china what they mean here is loving the ccp
the ccp tries to make its own identity
Synonymous with china now Xi also called to create a quote new modern socialist tibet. So what are we seeing here?
This is again. Another sign that the ccp is fearing separatism
This is another sign that the ccp is afraid of something because it's doing this in inner Mongolia
It's doing this in xinjiang. It's doing this in tibet. It's doing this in hong kong
It is afraid of separatism and in tibet
They're even using the word quote splitism
To make it so that again they're framing this around the idea of these individuals trying to split away from the ccp
This is again a show of fear by the ccp and again hits hints at a larger campaign being launched right now by the ccp
in relation to that fear the ccp is also tightening its
Ideological control programs it's doing these education programs in tibet and in inner mongolia again
These are programs to educate the youth to begin shifting the culture of these regions
And again on this same note in hong kong authorities are starting a new campaign to mass test residents for the novel
coronavirus or the ccp virus
Already, they've tested thousands of people at the more than 100 testing centers that the ccp has established in the city and more than 500,000
people have allegedly
So far signed up for these tests yet
These swab test methods that it's using there have residents worried that the chinese communist party is up to something more nefarious
They're worried
the ccp is using these tests to collect dna for biometric data data the ccp can then use
In its social monitoring and control systems
They're concerned again that as the ccp has begun a harsher takeover of hong kong that the ccp is looking to bring hong kong fully
Under its different systems for social control
This is being interpreted in hong
Kong again why people are worried about it in the context of the ccp's increased pushback to crack down on dissent
They're worried again of these protests in hong kong
They're worried that about a third of the population was supporting democracy protests there
At least just in terms of who was going on the streets
The ccp is worried that those would spread to other parts of china
And so people in hong kong now are concerned what this means for their future
They're concerned
Again that the ccp in addition to implementing its laws in hong kong is using its different systems as well for social controls
Like the social credit system. the ccp has these big data monitoring systems again
Like the social credit system which gives each citizen a different ranking depending on their individuals
They're in touch with family members their ideology their beliefs even their online spending every single action
They make everything they do every person they affiliate with
Is tracked by the ccp and they're given a citizen rating based on that your freedom in that society
Is based on your citizen rating
and so again
They're worried in hong kong they're concerned about these new swab tests ccp is doing
That the data collected from that could be used to feed into the system of the ccp
Meanwhile, the floods in china are still not showing signs of stopping over the past three months heavy rains have continued many parts of china
And floods in the yangtze river and the yellow river have been continuing wave after wave
In response ccp authorities have announced they will quote save Henan in the upper regions and jiangsu in the lower reaches
Based on this policy a massive amount of flood waters were released from dams which caused heavy flooding in Anhui
At one point flood levels in lujian county again in anhui reached 26 feet high
Days later locals said that the flooding still remained at more than six and a half feet. And as flood waters are still not receding
Residents are now lacking food and clothing
A mr
Chen from taichung park in lujung county told ntd that on july 22nd the local government dug a dike to release flood waters
Which then rushed into the surrounding villages
He again said the floods rose to 26 feet high, and now after more than 40 days the waters have still not receded
Now when it comes to this when the ccp has been talking about saving a region from floods
it often means diverting the flood waters to another region. in the past
It has said it has sacrificed a region for the floods
and again
It has even praised individuals in those regions for sacrificing themselves on behalf of the party policy
When it comes to the way the ccp uses language
saving also means
Sacrificing and again, this happened in anhui province
And even despite these floods and amid the new campaign in china to produce food waste
Ccp leader xi jinping is also now calling to make water conservation a top priority
This is raising concerns again that in addition to food shortages possible food shortages china may also be facing water shortages
Now Xi raised the topic on august 31st during a recent top-level politburo meeting of the ccp
He is pushing for the conservation and use of water resources
On the yellow river taiwanese news reports pointed out that this followed an august 28 press conference of the state council
Which is technically the government of china
Where hong yan yun the deputy director of the office leading group for poverty alleviation and development
said that the floods in china have affected more than 2 million people and said that
400 000 people are now having difficulty getting drinking water
Now again, throughout southern and central china. The chinese communist party is facing these massive floods
You'd expect that with these flood waters that water shortages would not be an issue
But there have been reports in different parts of china of people getting sick from drinking their water
And the reason for this is the floods are causing pollution, and so their drinking water sources are becoming polluted
We covered some of these cases recently as well. We talked about in one village people were getting giardia
There were large outbreaks of it from again drinking the water that had been polluted by the floods and so china as well again
Right now in addition to the floods in addition to food shortages allegedly because they have this new food conservation program
They're now talking about water conservation and it's very likely because they're different sources of water have been polluted
And now for the broader stories for today
Now several reports are noting a familiar pattern now taking place in the ccp that ties back to mao
Zedong in his path to achieving absolute power over the party
Xi jinping head of the chinese communist party may be looking to bring back something similar to the title of chairman
That was established under mao and that would signify a position of absolute power within the party
Now some of you may remember that back in 2018, Xi removed the presidential terms
Which was touted at the time as a move that would make him leader for life
It's actually not this simple and i'll explain this in a bit
Now how does Xi's purge relate to maos?
Well, it might show a similar move by Xi when it came to the consequences the outcome of mao's purge
the purpose of the 1941
Yan'an rectification campaign was to help mao reinforce his ideology within the party his interpretation of communism or
Maoism to get rid of his political opponents and to consolidate his position of power
Through this mao was officially given the title of party chairman, which had no term limit back in
1945. That historic purge was well designed and orchestrated under mao zedong
And it allowed him again to assume the highest position of power in the party
When xi jinping took office the ccp restated its official viewpoint on the Yan'an rectification campaign
It declared at the time that the campaign realized the chinese adaptation of marxism
And it also showed the unification of maoist ideology
as the whole of party ideology
Also, it realized it said the unification of mao's role as the top leader within the ccp and of his role in guiding the party's
ideological line
When it comes to trying to understand how xi jinping would think so highly of mao's purge within the context of the ccp
invoking the name of this purge
It's possible that Xi views it as a reference for himself when it comes to preparation to establish
His own control over the party
And now again as we mentioned in 2018, Xi removed term limits. Why would any of this matter?
Why would he need any of this now? Here's the background of this. Xi holds three different titles
He's the general secretary of the chinese communist party the chairman of the central military commission and president of the ccp
These are three separate titles
So far, he's served two terms for each position
He's up for re-election within the party even despite his removal of presidential terms again
He still risks losing his other two titles
And the issue with that is this if Xi were to relinquish the other two titles and just keep the title of president
It would just be a symbolic move. He would just be a symbolic figure without any real power within the ccp
The real power comes from the other two positions
And so maintaining power for him means retaining both of those positions
Mao zedong laid a clear model on how to accomplish this again
It worked for mao and xi is now following that same model even in name
Now Xi's second term as party general secretary and head of the military will end in late 2022
Right around the scheduled time for the purge to complete again
This purge is now working on according to financial times chinese political experts suspect that xi will maintain a position of power
beyond
2023 and again one way for Xi to do this to continue holding power without holding all of the positions within the ccp
Would be to follow in mao's footsteps of becoming the party chairman
And again chairman would mean no term limits and absolute power over the chinese communist party
Now it's important to note. This is analysis and it's analysis being shown by other outlets as well
It's not absolute that Xi is going to take the title of chairman
This could also be a purge related to factional struggles in china, but again given the context that in 2018
Xi did remove term limits and given the context of other things he's been doing which we'll get into in a bit
It does appear that this is a likely case. This is a possible case
this also takes place amid broader programs for the chinese communist party to
Re-establish its dominance in china. The chinese communist party is under attack from all directions
internationally internally and even within the ccp itself
It's taking many different moves
Whether it's say this party purge to bring the communist party itself into line
Whether it comes to xi jinping going after political rivals like with Li Keqiang which we'll go into a bit more in a bit
When it comes to for example the ccp taking over hong kong and talking about taking taiwan by force
this again ties into that and also when it comes to its religious abuses and the
Re-establishment of party worship which again
We'll be explaining in this episode to stick around all of this suggests that the chinese communist party is trying to re-establish itself
It's trying to re-establish its dominance within china
And meanwhile on that note the top-level power struggle between xi jinping and chinese premier Li Keqiang
Xi has again shown signs of usurping Li Keqiang authority
We've mentioned some other cases on this previously the most recent one on august 24th
Xi jinping chaired a symposium on economic and social work in the party headquarters in beijing which is zhong Nan hai
Chinese reports have noted that during this meeting. Xi brought together a group of nine prominent economists
To help create the ccp's 14th five-year plan starting next year and going through 2025
Within the context of ccp politics. This was a symbolic blow to Li Keqiang. Let me explain
Normally, it would be the premier's job Li Keqiang job to hold an economic related symposium like this now according to photos shown
by the xinhua news agency
One of the ccp's main statewide news outlets premier Li Keqiang was not even present at that event
Instead the photo showed Xi sitting in the middle of the picture next to him with premiere han Zheng and propaganda czar Wang hu ning
So where was premier Li Keqiang during this time? According to xinhua again One of the main chinese state-run news outlets on that same day
Li was attending the third Lancang-Mekong cooperation leaders meeting which is a diplomatic event in other words
He was at a meeting that wouldn't be considered crucial for the chinese communist party and especially not nearly
Comparable to formulating the country's next five-year plan
Things like this do not go unnoticed in chinese politics
This sends a strong signal within their party and this could point to one of two things very likely
It could show that Li Keqiang is being sidelined and that Xi will take up the job of guiding the economy going forward
It could also show that Li Keqiang did this himself that he did this knowingly, and also maybe wants to be less involved
Following additional incidents again recently that suggest he's been targeted by Xi maybe he feels pressured
So in this context, will there be major changes within the party charter?
Will they say systems of leadership and authority be changed?
Now Xi has said on multiple occasions including at this symposium
That china should fully tap the potential of its domestic market and rely on the concept of the quote domestic cycle
I'll be explaining this of the chinese economy. And he also talked about developing a new quote domestic cycle as the main body in domestic
International double cycles mutually promoting each other
i'll explain what this means now the statement was first put forward by xi jinping during the two sessions in may this year
basically, it points to a new model of
Self-sufficiency for china and what could this pivot toward economic
self-sufficiency mean? the emphasis again from xi
On domestic cycle reveals xi's desire very likely to return to a planned economy
And essentially maximize state control over the economy
Now this could also signify a coming move to close off china from the rest of the world
Something we've talked about on the show previously that's being discussed by high level officials within the ccp
According to a report from bbc some experts on china believe the emphasis on quote domestic cycle
Shows that xi jinping is quote preparing for a return
To economic nationalism and economic isolation whose main market is domestic demand
Now in a previous symposium held with dozens of entrepreneurs in late
july xi jinping said he hopes that entrepreneurs would combine the development of enterprises with the
Prosperity of the country the prosperity of the nation and the happiness of the people and to also quote take the initiative
to serve the country share the worries for the country and increase
Patriotism in other words again. He's suggesting that china needs a
Nationalistic economy does appear to be the case with also internal circulation of cash
And the context of this is important as the u.s. Trend trade war continues to intensify
The trump administration has hinted at a possible financial decoupling
If china doesn't follow the rules on the trade deal this could mostly lock the ccp out of the international market out of global trade
Since most international trade is done in the us dollars and cleared to the u.s financial system
And this has been something the chinese communist party officials have been talking about very heavily
If china was forced to financially decouple from the dollar
foreign companies that conduct business in china would take a huge blow at least they say
There's been heavy discussion
also within chinese news outlets on this possibility
This might explain again why xi jinping is stressing the quote domestic cycle at this point
In combination with the ccp's creation of a new digital currency
And will chinese leaders again appear to be trying to avoid getting kicked out of the global market
It does appear the ccp's top leaders are preparing for this again with internal and isolated economic models
Now this could mean other things. the chinese communist party needs internal circulation of cash for other reasons
Again, the chinese communist party is facing pretty big economic blows
Not just from the virus lockdowns, but also from the natural disasters happening in china. It is trying to rebuild its economy
It's trying to establish a middle class for that. You need money to circulate internally within your own markets
You need people to buy houses. You need people to go out to eat at restaurants
You need people to buy chinese products. You need the money to not be flowing into other countries
So the ccp is trying to restrict the outflow of cash
One of the big points with this new digital yuan this new digital currency they have is that they can manage that
They can restrict the money from flowing outside of china
If they want to the ccp can regulate external investment using that as well
And so again this might mean one of two main things it might mean on one side
We've talked about previously top chinese leaders within the ccp are talking about locking down the borders
They're talking about basically shutting things down
Forgetting the outside world for the most part and basically redoing the entire cultural revolution to re-establish the authority of the ccp
We see many different signs this may be taking place
At the same time though
The chinese communist party on this note has been talking about the need for internal circulation of cash in order for its economy to recover
So this may be related to that as well or it might be a bit of both
Now in addition to all of this in addition to xi showing signs of restoring the authority of a party chairman
In addition to the ccp's new push for an isolated economic model. The chinese communist party is also reinvigorating
The cult of personality and also the promotion of leader worship
Now there have been several developments around this recently
But we'll start with the ccp's 70th anniversary of the founding of the chinese communist party on october 1st 2019
And the lead up to the party holiday chinese state media reported that on the morning of september 30
Ccp leader xi jinping and other party leaders entered the chairman
Memorial hall where they bowed three times to the statue of mao and paid homage to his remains
This drew plenty of discussion and analysis in china and some outlets pointed to the similarities of this incident to one in december 2013
When Xi had only been in office for about a year
He similarly led his team into the mao memorial hall to pay homage to mao Zedong
And he also allegedly quoted former ccp leader deng xiaoping saying that the banner of mao's thought cannot be thrown away
And that losing it would negate the quote glorious history of our party
but at the same time Xi had said some
Criticisms of mao including stating that mao took detours on the road to creating a socialist system
And also saying that mao made some serious mistakes including in the cultural revolution in the later years now based on this
He had claimed previously that you can't worship mao like a god but it appears
This is now changing under the ccp as Xi now worships mao in temples
It appears as practice is now being promoted and even forced throughout china
Bitter winter notes of almost temples and other places of worship were closed off during the recent virus lockdowns in china
The ccp's officials were even threatening to destroy temples if people worship at them
At the same time it was allowing people to travel to temples to worship ccp's
revolutionary leaders including mao zedong and former premier
Zhou Enlai this temple to mao has allegedly seen a stream of ccp
Worshipers the manager at the temple said they never received an order from the government to close and stated quote even government officials
Came to kowtow in worship amid the pandemic because the temple was not closed down
And similar scenes took place in other parts of china as well where worship at most temples was forbidden and even tightly monitored
But where the worship of mao zedong mao's wife and other ccp leaders was permitted
And the ccp has even been destroying traditional temples or forcefully converting them into temples for worshiping ccp leaders
Including for example removing buddha statues and putting up statues of mao zedong
Now in a recent case in shanxi china the catholic news agency reports that ccp authorities ordered people who received government assistance
To replace religious symbols in their own homes, including pictures of jesus
With pictures of mao zedong or ccp leader xi jinping if they refused to do this
They were told they would lose government assistance
A preacher told bitter winter quote all impoverished households in the town were told to display mao
Zedong images the government is trying to eliminate our belief and wants to become god instead of jesus
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