"It's turning into an empire", why October 16 could change China's history forever

2022-09-13 18:02:23Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
"It's turning into an empire", why October 16 could change
Xi Jinping

Always quietly, as has traditionally happened in its history, China is preparing for one of the events that could change the course of the internal and external relations of the Asian power.

On October 16, the proceedings of the 20th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party are held. A congress that, beyond the rhetoric and messages of unity, has its importance in the election of the head of the Party, who in this case also holds the post of the President of the Republic and the head of the army.

It is almost certain that Xi Jinping will get a third term, a post he has held since 2012. But the manner of the election, behind closed doors debates among members of the Politburo, will be a radar where analysts of Chinese affairs will study for months to decipher the state of the Beijing regime.

According to a Foreign Affair report, behind the solid figure of leader Xi Xinping, there are cracks.

The economic situation no longer captures the peaks of development of the last decade, and the last two years have been difficult for many companies that had achieved global success, while the income for millions of state officials has almost halved,

The almost paranoid management of the pandemic, where metropolises of millions of people are isolated for weeks even just for a suspected contact with an infected person, has caused protests against the government's decisions, an event very rare in the past, but which is happening again. increasingly documented by social networks breaking through the vast web of internet censorship, a sworn enemy of President Xi Jinping.

But the cracks are also directly related to the figure of Xi Jinping himself. Part of the more rigid current of Marxism, Xi is visibly bringing back symbols and decision-making that take the country back to the time of Mao Zedong.

"It's turning into an empire", why October 16 could change

Most notable is the return, albeit unofficial, of the cult of the individual. Pictures and statues of him fill every school and public institution in the country, and he is officially designated as the "central leader of the Party," a title that had not been used since Mao's time and had disappeared from the Constitution.

But what worries analysts and even other Politburo members themselves more is the undoing of virtually every reform carried out by previous leaders, starting with Deng Ciao Ping in 1978 and followed by Jiang Zemin.

In particular, the binomial President/Chief Executive is almost completely lost, where Prime Minister Li Keqiang now seems more of a symbolic figure than an executive, so much so that the two do not even appear together in official photographs, as is the tradition.

"It's turning into an empire", why October 16 could change

Sistemi i votimeve të brendshme brenda Byrosë Politike, janë zhdukur, dhe 8 anëtarët permanentë të tij, praktikisht duhet t’i raportojnë vetëm sekretarit të Përgjithshëm të Partisë, post që sigurisht mbahet nga Xi.

Elementet që nuk i nënshtrohen vullnetit të tij, shndërrohen në protagonistët e pavullnetshëm të fushatash antikorrupsion, ku rrezikojnë fundin e karrierës, burgun dhe në disa raste edhe jetën.

Nga viti 2012, janë 393 kuadro dhe mbi 600 mijë funksionarë lokalë që janë hetuar me akuzën e korrupsionit, shpesh herë i provuar, ku mes tyre nuk mungojnë edhe figura që shiheshin si pasardhësit e mundshëm të tij, si kreu i forcave të sigurimit Zhou Yongkang, dhe Sun Zhengcai, anëtar i Byrosë Politike.

Meanwhile, in foreign policy, Xi has strengthened his open aggressive rhetoric towards Washington, even reaching out to internationally isolated Russia, after the decision to invade Ukraine.

"Xi Jinping is transforming China from a communist regime into an empire", is the opinion of some analysts, who highlight the fact that in a country where mass protests seem unrealistic, the only way to fight Xi's power is not to elect him, which according to some, it would also avoid its main objective, the attack and return of Taiwan under the power of Beijing, a decision that could generate a regional and possibly world conflict.



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