The following is from the serial column of Yoshiko Sakurai, who brings the weekly Shincho released yesterday to a successful conclusion.
This article also proves that she is a supreme national treasure defined by Saicho.
Xi Jinping's Maoist Line is the World's Misfortune
Under President Xi Jinping, China runs in the "opposite direction" in almost every area.
Even China itself is denying it and is taking a hard-line, aggressive stance to return to the Maoist path it once followed.
Rather than expressing China's current strength, it reflects the contradictions and weaknesses they face.
After watching the first half of the National People's Congress (equivalent to the Diet), which opened on March 5, that was my impression.
Prime Minister Li Keqiang reported on government activities on the day of the opening.
Still, the more I read it, the more I felt the difference in nationality, and it was interesting.
At the opening, Mr. Lee said:
"A new type of coronavirus that suddenly occurred ...".
It may be true that the outbreak occurred suddenly.
However, it was an outbreak in China that spread around the world because of the Chinese government's cover-up.
Nevertheless, there is not a single expression of remorse or apology for this.
It is a country that we do not want to be associated with.
The focus of the world's attention at this year's National People's Congress was the GDP growth rate target.
While some people said that the 6% or higher target announced by PremiWhile some say that more than 6% announced by Prime Minister Lee is appropriate, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) newspaper pays attention to the severe inside of China that was included in "6%" in the editorial.
Since it indicates the recovery value after the economy has fallen due to the Wuhan virus, it should be safe to raise 8% or 10%, but why did you set it to a "low" of 6%?
Chinese statistics have a reputation for being unreliable, but local governments will adjust to that figure if the central government sets a high target.
It is common in China to build useless projects with useless borrowing and inflate the statistical GDP with investments that have nothing to do with the real economy.
The WSJ speculated that the Xi Jinping administration might have set a lower target to prevent the country from repeating its past mistakes.
That is how badly China's monetary and fiscal situation has deteriorated.
At this point, it may be time to examine the fragility of the Chinese economy more closely.
Too strong a private economy is dangerous.
I found state-owned enterprises, the other part of Li's speech, very interesting.
Premier Li said he has been trying to change the policy of "promoting state-owned enterprises and retreating from the private sector," which prioritizes and stifles the private sector.
He has launched a "Three-Year Action Plan for Reforming State-Owned Enterprises" to "accelerate the optimization of the layout and structural adjustment of the state-owned economy and promote the private-sector economy's development.
It urged the government to "optimize the layout of the state-owned economy, accelerate structural adjustment, and develop the privately owned economy. "We will firmly establish and develop the publicly owned economy without wavering in any way and encourage, support, and lead the development of the privately owned economy without wavering in any way.
Immediately after asserting that he would treat both equally and without distinction, he also said that he would "make state-owned capital and state-owned enterprises stronger, better, and more significant.
Which of the economic entities with opposite personalities should be given priority?
The answer is easy to see in reality.
On November 3 last year, President Xi ordered the sudden postponement of the initial public offering of Ant Group, a financial company under Alibaba Group, which was supposed to be the largest in history.
Looking at many other corporate developments, it is clear that China is moving toward a policy of prioritizing state-owned enterprises.
Rather than privatizing, state-owned enterprises are, on the contrary, rapidly taking over private enterprises.
It has been reported that 48 listed companies have transferred their management rights to state-owned enterprises in the past year or have been forced to do so.
The result is an interesting negative change.
Although state-owned enterprises have been given priority in allocating all resources, including land and capital, under the policy of national progress and privatization, they have yet to match the performance of private enterprises.
Two years ago, private enterprises generated 50% of China's total tax revenue, 60% of its GDP, and 70% of its urban employment.
By the end of 2020, they had increased their share of tax revenue to 60% despite being under pressure.
It also maintained GDP at 60%, and private enterprises generated up to 80% of employment.
Even with these trends, President Xi continues to squeeze the private sector.
To maintain the one-party dictatorship of the Chinese Communist Party and maintain its autocratic tyranny, a too-strong private economy is probably too dangerous.
On the first day of the National People's Congress, President Xi took the trouble to attend a meeting of representatives from the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and ordered the promotion of the Chinese (Han) language in the region.
He said that Mongolians should not be allowed to use Mongolian and that Mongolians should be stripped of their Mongolian identity and assimilated into the Han Chinese.
The Chinese government has been promoting the assimilation of different ethnic groups, such as Tibetans and Uyghurs, into the Han Chinese for a long time.
However, Mr. Xi has been particularly hard-line.
Yang Haiying, a professor at Shizuoka University who hails from Inner Mongolia, points out that to understand Mr. Xi's intentions, we can go back to Mao Zedong's ideas, whom he adheres to.
Among the vast amount of publications on Mao Zedong, the red-covered "Mao Zedong Record" (from now on referred to as the "Record") is probably the one that is firmly established as Mao's words.
It is said that 5 billion copies have been printed worldwide.
The Cultural Revolution is still going on.
Why does President Xi forcefully detain one million Uyghurs, deprive them of their freedom, take away their religion, and educate them on ideology?
Why does he deprive Mongolians of their mother tongue and take away their way of life?
Why do they forbid Tibetans to practice Tibetan Buddhism?
A quote from Mao Zedong in the "Record of Words" helps us understand this.
It is a bit long, but I quote it here.
There are two ways of people's democratic dictatorship. There are two methods of people's democratic dictatorship: dictatorial methods against the enemy. Against the enemy, we use the dictatorial method: we deny them participation in political activities for the necessary period, force them to obey the laws of the people's government, force them to engage in labor, and transform them into new human beings through labor. The opposite is true for the people who are subject to democratic methods. They must be made to participate in political activities and be educated and persuaded.
Mr. Xi instructed him to take the dictatorial way Mao Zedong said to his enemies.
In other words, Uyghurs, Mongols, and Tibetans are "enemies" of the Han Chinese.
They will never treat non-Han people democratically.
The teachings in the "Record of Words," which were read so ardently during the Cultural Revolution, are still practiced today.
In this sense, the Cultural Revolution is still going on today.
What did Mao Zedong say about Japan?
Japan is mentioned several times in the "Record. What we should remember is the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University.
Minoru Takeuchi, the translator of the "Record of Words," explains that this university, which thoroughly provided education to defeat Japan, was regarded as a model for China's educational revolution during the Cultural Revolution.
The teachings on defeating Japan became the basis for the Maoist revolution throughout China and passed on to the current Xi Jinping regime.
The ideology in the "Record" is entirely pro-war.
All problems can be solved by war, Mao Zedong repeatedly said.
Mr. Xi is about to become the second Mao Zedong.
I think the Japanese people should be the wariest of the Chinese Communist Party in the world.
20241/5/22 in Kyoto
