Two Crises of Xi's Administration
Recently, some media quoted the view of Deng Yuwen,
the deputy editor of Study Times, sponsored by Chinese
Communist Party (CCP) Central Party School,
that the CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping
will have at least two violent social movements,
which may ultimately force the high level
CCP to begin the process of democratization.
But outsiders commented that it is a false proposition
that the CCP will be able to maintain itself for 10 years,
and the current crisis-ridden Communist regime
might fall at any time.
Deng believes that during Xi's term, although it is
unlikely a movement similar to '6-4' event will erupt,
there will be two severe crises.
In the next four to five years, a moderate degree
of social crisis may happen.
If there is no change after this crisis,
at the end of Xi's term,
there will be even more massive social unrest during
the succession of the next generation of leaders.
He also believes migrant workers and unemployed college
students will become the main groups of social unrest.
Deng Yuwen said that the important prerequisite
of a large-scale social movement outbreak is that
an opposing group appears within the CCP,
like Zhao Ziyang and Hu Yaobang.
In this context, a possibility is the opposing group
would be suppressed by authorities,
and be offered short-term peace in exchange
for more intense turbulence in the future;
another is under the threat of the opposition, the CCP
can truly open the process of democratization.
President Tang Baiqiao of New York Democracy University
analyzed that the CCP currently has many crises on their hands.
People rise up to protect their own rights one after another
in Xinjiang, Tibet, as well as in Mainland, any of which could threaten the regime.
Tang Boqiao believes that it is not true to say that
the CCP will only have crises in five or ten years.
Tang Boqiao: "The CCP, its think tank, actually has already known
that the CCP could not survive the next three to five years.
But they hypocritically talk about the CCP might
have crises in 10 years.
If people accept its view, the view that the CCP will exist
for at least 10 years, the existing system will be maintained.
We should be vigilant. No matter from any perspective,
there is no doubt that the CCP cannot last 10 more years.”
Tang Boqiao pointed out that only some pedantic scholars
would say that the CCP is able to maintain itself for more than 10 years.
Some scholars know the CCP is dying, but still deliberately
show a smoke screen to the people, weakening the CCP crisis.
Well known Chinese historian Zhang Lifan will not endorse
Deng's predictive timeline of future social movements.
In his opinion, when economic collapse occurs,
any episodic event will cause great turbulence.
Zhang Lifan pointed out for Deutsche Welle that
if the CCP has an economic downturn,
questions of the legality of the CCP will emerge.
Now currency issues and employment issues are emerging.
In the current economic growth, no good news
has been heard.
If implementing urbanization policies are forced, there may
be a new round of looting on farmers, causing bigger problems.
Political commentator Chen Pokong in the US said that
at present, in hundreds of Chinese cities,
due to seriously excessive industrial production,
a large number of vacant buildings, railway stations,
airports and shopping malls are idle.
A new round of urban construction will bring many issues,
like forced demolition, unjust compensation,
arable land loss, increasing dependence on grain imports,
soaring urban unemployment, and public protests.
Chen Pokong: "Blind and redundant construction
in the name of urbanization has caused a vicious cycle,
and accumulated a worsening debt crisis.
According to the results published by China
National Audit Office in June 2013,
36 local governments have a total debt
of nearly 3.85 trillion yuan,
of which 16 regions have a debt ratio over 100%,
with the highest debt ratio up to 219%.
Local government is on the verge of bankruptcy.”
Chen Pokong said that China's economic bubbles
had formed, including the housing bubble, debt bubble,
trade bubble, which has been brewing for a serious
economic crisis.
Commentator Xing Tianxing:
"The economy is now on the brink of collapse.
Massive and violent social movement is inevitable.
When the CCP refuses to fix its political system,
these problems are bound to appear."
Commentator Xing Tianxing said that
China's current overall social crisis and intensified
natural disasters are similar to those in history when the regime changed, or even greater.
As long as the CCP bad governance continues,
it will inevitably repeat mistakes in history. |