On May 27, the U.S. Federal Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held a hearing for the lawsuit against Jiang Zemin, to allow an oral argument between the plaintiffs’ lawyer and a lawyer representing the U.S. Department of Justice. The three presiding judges must now decide on their ruling. At the same time, several investigations are currently taking place inside China as preparation for suing Jiang.

According to insiders, the Chinese Communist Party Central Government organized a special task force to investigate Jiang, in preparation for a lawsuit against him. During the Chinese Communist Party 14th National Conference in 1992, it was agreed that Jiang Zemin would transfer all his power to the new leadership during the Party’s 16th National Conference in 2002. However, in 2002 Jiang broke the internal agreement and organized minority military leaders to initiate a "special proposal requesting Chairman Jiang to continue as Chairman of the Chinese Central Military Committee." This incident was contrary to the will of the former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, and is currently being investigated by the Central Government.

Chinese Government-Endorsed Media Disclosed Yang Baibing Investigating The Cause of Yang Shangkun’s Death

In April of this year, a Chinese government-endorsed American-Chinese newspaper published an article stating that former Central Political Committee Member Yang Baibing requested an investigation into the death of Former Chinese President Yang Shangkun, especially what Jiang’s role might be in Yang’s death. Rumors were widespread in China that Jiang Zemin and Vice President Zeng Qinghong murdered Yang to protect their power in the Chinese government. This was a hot news item overseas.

Within the Chinese government, different interest groups and administrative departments control different overseas Chinese newspapers. Some of these papers are directly controlled by Jiang, and some are controlled by other Central government ministers. The news published by Chinese government-endorsed American-Chinese newspaper against Jiang shows that the conflicts within the Chinese government have increased and become more public.

In Mainland China, Former Beijing Major Chen Xitong publicly requested an investigation into Jiang’s activities. In addition, several other non-governmental organizations asked to investigate Jiang’s suspicious personal history.

Shortly after the Chinese Central government’s “Two Conferences” in 2003, Lu Jiaping (an expert in World War II history) publicly questioned the reliability of Jiang’s official personal history. Lu pointed out that Jiang lied on his resume that he was orphan of martyrs, because his father had actually been a traitor during the war. Jiang was also accused of backdating the date he joined the Communist Party by 10 years. The “unusual relationship between Jiang and soprano Song Zuying” was also under investigation. Lu Jiaping apparently passed the results of his research to the Central government authorities through internal channels.

Not long ago, overseas media reported that Jiang privately gave Russia a big area of China’s land in exchange for Russia’s support of his personal power. The deal was done secretly, and most of China was totally unaware of it.

The oversea media affiliated with China recently reported that the intensity of problems in Hong Kong is directly connected to Jiang Zemin, and relates to the differences in political reform between Jiang Zemin and the new administration led by Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao. The media refers to it as “Zhongnanhai lacking leadership” and has asked, “In Chinese politics, who is in charge?”

In the past, Chinese-affiliated media (i.e. media directly or indirectly controlled by China) were silent on the Jiang Zemin problem, or conflicts between central executives. Recently, these media began to report that senior officials have decided to investigate Jiang. The same media also disclosed the major differences between Jiang’s approach and the approach of the new administration towards the Hong Kong political situation and tightened economic policy. The reports indicated that Hong Kong’s current lack of stability was directly due to involvement from Jiang Zemin.

Jiang Zemin recently “put a sudden stop” to Hong Kong’s request for general elections and the request to redress the June 4 Tiananmen Massacre. Some Chinese-affiliated media reported that the Hu-Wen Administration’s opinion differs from Jiang Zemin’s on Hong Kong issues. One Chinese political observer said, “This signal indicates the public split of executive authority.”

Chinese-affiliated media also reported that after the new administration took office, it intended to continue “the democratization” promoted by Zhao Ziyang during the 13th People’s Congress. This included democratic rule within the party, changes in Hong Kong’s politics, redressing of the Tiananmen Massacre, and the requirement for the Central Politburo to submit reports to the Central Committee Party. Jiang Zemin stopped these modifications and strictly blocked all news, forbidding the public to discuss politics.

Hong Kong media reported that, Jiang Zemin went to southern Guangdong during the 2004 Spring Festival to meet with Shenzhen municipal party committee Secretary Huang Liman, Shenzhen Mayor Li Hongzhong, and Hong Kong’s pro-communist officials to discuss problems of Hong Kong.

Jiang Zemin is aware of Hong Kong’s effect in influencing public opinions in China. After the Tiananmen Massacre, Hong Kong’s influence on Mainland China was tremendous. Jiang asked Hong Kong not to “yield an inch” in its political reform. A former Hong Kong business executive said that, “Jiang Zemin is retaliating against the people of Hong Kong. The huge pro-democracy rally on July 1, 2003 and the failure of Article 23 made Jiang extremely nervous.”

After this, the “patriotic education” movement appeared in Hong Kong. On April 26, Beijing decided not to allow general elections for Hong Kong’s chief executive and legislature. Eight Chinese military naval vessels visited Hong Kong at the beginning of May. China publicly states this military action is to “frighten Hong Kong and Taiwan.” In addition the national defense uses the problems with gangsters in Hong Kong to threaten the Hong Kong people and incite fear.

On May 19, Hong Kong political talk show host Li Pengfei resigned, both as a television show host and Hong Kong’s representative to the People’s Congress. On May 20, he admitted that he resigned due to pressure from Beijing. Just two weeks before his resignation, Li Pengfei had taken over from Zheng Chinghan in the political debate program, “Teacup in a Storm.” Li admitted that the Beijing political figure wanted him to resign. He also added that, “within a week [of my becoming the talk show host], some people wanted to negotiate with me, they wanted to come to Hong Kong. I didn’t want to negotiate with anyone, so I resigned.”

Jiang Zemin’s involvement in Hong Kong prevented the new Hu-Wen administration from pursuing their “moderate” approach for Hong Kong. The political conflict between Jiang Zemin and the new administration has become increasingly overt within the communist party and overseas. The overseas media close to the new administration did not avoid discussion of this issue and publicly disclosed some inside news. Chinese-affiliated media continue to publish news of investigations into Jiang’s actions.

Huge Numbers of Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested In Sichuan Quangan (What Does This “Fishy Story” Relate To?)

Jiang Zemin has suppressed Falun Gong for five years, and consumed massive financial resources during his persecution of Falun Gong. In fact, Falun Gong has still not been eradicated; on the contrary, Jiang Zemin’s situation has been more and more secretive, and Jiang hides away in Mainland China to avoid Falun Gong. This surprised many Chinese people. Since Jiang Zemin took great pride in banning Falun Gong, claiming that he had already gained "the great victory," he should have no reason to be frightened by Mainland Falun Gong practitioners.

At Deng Xiaoping’s hometown of Quangan City, Sichuan Province, the Chinese government is building large-scale exhibition rooms and memorial halls scheduled to be opened to the public shortly before Deng Xiaoping’s 100th birthday on August 22, 2004. It was reported that around April 24, Jiang Zemin visited Quangan City to inspect preparatory work for this exhibition, since he was planning to attend the celebration in August. Mainland Falun Gong practitioners gathered at Quangan City to tell the truth about the persecution to the local people. Jiang Zemin became panic-stricken at the thought of running into Falun Gong practitioners.

On February 23, shortly before Jiang’s April arrival in Sichuan Province, large-scale illegal police activity occurred in Quangan City, Sichuan Province. Many Falun Gong practitioners were arrested and had their family property confiscated. Approximately 130 Falun Gong practitioners were kidnapped and were imprisoned in a detention center near Yuechi City, or taken to a brainwashing class in the local region of Quangan City. Many people were left destitute and homeless. In the time leading up to Deng Xiaoping’s 100th birthday on August 22, 2004, Jiang Zemin has deployed huge police forces in local regions to prevent Falun Gong practitioners from entering. The word on the street is that, “Jiang Zemin has to come to Quangan; he’s scared to see Falun Gong.”

Jiang Zemin’s fear of running into Falun Gong practitioners in Quangan City, Sichuan Province, spread far and wide in Mainland China. Media reported Jiang Zemin’s plans to attend the August celebrations for Deng Xiaoping’s 100th in Sichuan Province, and noted that his travel schedule was strictly confidential. Quangan City is located in northeast Sichuan Province, next to Chongqing City, Dazhou City and Nanchong City in Sichuan Province. Falun Gong practitioners are now being arrested en masse in these areas, and even in Nanjing, since Jiang will possibly travel through Nanjing.

Chinese Military Proposed “Special Motion” Prior To 16th Convention Of Communist Party

According to the 14th Convention of Chinese Communist Party in 1992, it was decided privately that Jiang Zemin would have to hand over all his power in person at the 16th Convention in 2002.

In 2002, Jiang Zemin refused to step down as head of the military and began plotting behind the scenes. He encouraged a few high-ranking military officers to defy the order of former Military Committee Chairman Deng Xiaoping that Jiang should give up all his power at the 16th National People’s Congress, and propose a special motion for Jiang to continue as Military Committee Chairman. This was against the intention of China’s former statesman Deng Xiaoping that Jiang Zemin should hand over all his power at the 16th Convention.

The special motion didn’t make much real difference in the coup d’etat as Jiang Zemin’s role as Military Committee Chairman has no legal status in the Chinese government. This event was a trigger for more high-level officers to join the ranks of the anti-Jiang movement. Some media reports indicated that high-ranking general officers among Chinese high-level leaders demanded an investigation into the special motion, in the disguised coup d’etat. According to the news, Jiang Zemin was also able to control overseas Chinese media at that time, which resulted in front page coverage of the special motion in some Chinese media, to create the illusion that Jiang’s renewal as Military Committee Chairman was popular among the people.

Between April and May of 2003, when the SARS epidemic was at its peak, Jiang Zemin and his son went into hiding to try to escape from the disaster. This action resulted in widespread criticism in China. Consequently, Jiang’s ratings suddenly dropped, and the anti-Jiang feelings among Chinese people continually increased.

On October 22, 2002, Jiang Zemin paid a private visit to Chicago, Illinois. That same day, Jiang was sued by Falun Gong practitioners for genocide, torture, and crimes against humanity in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Illinois.

In the past four years, 25 lawsuits have been filed around the world accusing Jiang and his followers of genocide, torture, and crimes against humanity. The lawsuits have been filed by Falun Gong practitioners who are citizens and residents of the United States, Canada, Germany, France, Belgium, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan and Australia. Jiang Zemin has also been sued in the International Criminal Court.

In September 2003, overseas Chinese people formed an alliance for a global public trial of Jiang Zemin. They held meetings and seminars in more than 20 cities around the world, condemning Jiang Zemin’s heinous crimes against China and Chinese people. Recently, Chinese people in China and abroad have begun condemning Jiang Zemin’s actions and policies. The anti-Jiang movement is continually increasing, and more and more people from all levels of Chinese society have been offering their support for this righteous cause to bring Jiang to justice.