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Xi Jinping: China must keep economic, social order while battling COVID-19 @ 2020-02-16T08: 返回 新闻热点
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PRESIDENT XI JINPING PRESIDES OVER A MEETING AND LISTENS TO REPORT ON EPIDEMIC PREVENTION AND CONTROL WORK IN BEIJING ON FEBRUARY 10. PHOTO: XINHUA
THE CORONAVIRUS EPIDEMIC IN CHINA IS FAR MORE THAN A DISEASE; IT IS THE MOST SERIOUS CHALLENGE TO THE RULE OF PRESIDENT XI JINPING AND THE DIRECTION HE HAS TAKEN CHINA SINCE HE ASSUMED POWER IN 2012. THE STAKES ARE EXTRAORDINARILY HIGH. IT IS FAR TOO EARLY TO PREDICT THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF XI’S POLITICAL CAREER, BUT THE EPIDEMIC CLEARLY IS SHAKING CHINA AND XI’S WAY OF GOVERNANCE TO ITS CORE.
THE HUAWEI LOGO IS PICTURED AT THE IFA CONSUMER TECH FAIR IN BERLIN, GERMANY, IN SEPTEMBER 2019. AFTER XI JINPING CAME TO POWER, HUAWEI HAS LOST WHATEVER AUTONOMY IT MAY HAVE ENJOYED. PHOTO: REUTERS
WHY DID BEIJING APPOINT TRUSTED XI JINPING ALLY TO OFFICE OVERSEEING HONG KONG AFFAIRS? INSIDERS PUT POSITIVE SPIN BUT ADMIT IT’S FOR TIGHTER OVERSIGHT AFTER PROTESTS
WHAT THAT MEANS AT THE TOP IS NOT CLEAR. ANALYSTS OF THE CHINESE LEADERSHIP HAVE OFTEN FOCUSED ON ONE KEY RELATIONSHIP: THAT OF CHAIRMAN XI JINPING TO PREMIER LI KEQIANG. TRADITIONALLY, THE PREMIER HAS HANDLED CERTAIN TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF GOVERNANCE, BUT XI’S ADMINISTRATION HAS SEEN LI RELEGATED TO TAKING ON TASKS THAT WOULD BE MORE POLITICALLY RISKY FOR XI. IN 2015, FOR INSTANCE, LI TOOK THE REINS OF PUBLIC RELATIONS WORK IN THE AFTERMATH OF A STOCK MARKET SHOCK THAT IMPACTED MILLIONS OF TRADING ACCOUNTS.
WHEN SECRETIVE, LENINIST PARTIES HAVE BAD NEWS TO GET OUT OF THE WAY, THEY DO NOT HANG ABOUT. IN THE SPACE OF A SINGLE DAY, FEBRUARY 13TH, CHINA’S RULING COMMUNIST PARTY FIRED THE OFFICIALS WHO RUN THE PROVINCE AND CITY AT THE HEART OF THE EPIDEMIC OF COVID-19, ANNOUNCED A BIG JUMP IN THE NUMBER OF RECORDED VIRUS INFECTIONS THERE, AND SENT IN HARDLINERS CLOSE TO XI JINPING, THE COUNTRY’S SUPREME LEADER, TO CLEAN UP THE MESS.
CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING HAS BEEN BLAMED FOR TURNING THE OUTBREAK INTO A CATASTROPHE FOR CHINA.PHOTOGRAPH: PANG XINGLEI/AP
THE CONTAGION IS THE LATEST AND BIGGEST CRISIS FACING PRESIDENT XI JINPING SINCE HE ASSUMED THE REINS OF POWER IN LATE 2012. HE GRAPPLED WITH A SLOWING DOMESTIC ECONOMY LAST YEAR WHICH WAS EXACERBATED BY A TRADE AND TECH WAR WITH THE UNITED STATES, COUPLED WITH MONTHS OF UNREST IN HONG KONG AND ACCUSATIONS THAT CHINA DETAINED UP TO ONE MILLION UIGHUR MUSLIMS IN A CAMPAIGN AGAINST TERRORISM AND RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM.
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BECAUSE PRESIDENT XI JINPING HAS CONCENTRATED MORE POWER IN HIS OWN HANDS THAN ANY CHINESE LEADER SINCE MAO ZEDONG, MANY WITHIN CHINA AND AROUND THE WORLD HAVE CONCLUDED THAT HE IS POLITICALLY UNASSAILABLE. BUT THE CORONAVIRUS EPIDEMIC HAS COME AT THE WORST POSSIBLE TIME, LAYING BARE THE FUNDAMENTAL WEAKNESSES OF XI"S RULE.
AFTER JUST OVER SEVEN YEARS AT THE HELM OF CHINA"S GOVERNMENT, XI JINPING IS ABOUT TO MAKE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISIONS OF HIS POLITICAL LIFE.
NO MATTER HOW BAD THE CORONAVIRUS EPIDEMIC GETS, THE CRISIS WILL NOT CHANGE HOW CHINA IS GOVERNED UNDER PRESIDENT XI JINPING. SINCE COMING TO POWER IN 2012, XI HAS STRENGTHENED THE COMMUNIST PARTY"S HOLD ON POWER AND DEVELOPED A COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL AGENDA FROM WHICH ALL ELSE – INCLUDING DOMESTIC CRISIS MANAGEMENT – MUST FOLLOW.

 

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