Several weeks ago, Chinese President Xi Jinping paid a visit to CCTV and People’s Daily to tell them what a great job they’re doing. The feeling, The Shanghaiist quipped, was mutual.
The media, Xi said while making the rounds, should ‘reflect the will of the Party, mirror the views of the Party, preserve the authority of the Party, preserve the unity of the Party and achieve love of the Party, protection of the Party and acting for the Party.’
So what you’re saying is that it’s all about the Party?
As unequivocal as that might sound, someone at Wujie News, which is jointly owned by SEEC Media Group, Alibaba and the government of Xinjiang, didn’t get the message because on March 4, an open letter signed by ‘loyal Communist party members,’ was published to Wujie’s website. Among other things, it accused Xi of ‘indulging in a personality cult,’ criticized the President’s handling of the economy, and, perhaps most notably, contained threats against the Party leaders family.
“We are loyal communist. On the occasion of the “two sessions” held, we write this letter to you, asking you to resign from all party and state leadership positions,” the letter reads. “Made this request, out of consideration of the Party’s cause, out of the country and nation’s future to consider, too, it is out of consideration for you and your family own security.”
This post was published at Zero Hedge on 03/26/2016.
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