Beijing Power Struggle Heralds End of Chinese Communist Party
An enormous change is unfolding in China. Chinese Communist Party head Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao’s opponents in the escalating Beijing power struggle are responsible for the persecution of the spiritual practice Falun Gong. By ending the persecution and bringing to justice those criminals who carried it out, Hu and Wen can stabilize society, restore the people’s trust, and earn their gratitude.
When Chongqing’s former top cop, Wang Lijun, fled for his life on Feb. 6 to the U.S. Consulate in Chengdu, and Chongqing’s Communist Party chief Bo Xilai pursued him with 70 police cars and armored vehicles, the first sign appeared of a power struggle breaking out at the highest levels of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
The world has since been offered a glimpse at how the CCP’s leadership operates behind closed doors. The world has also been given the opportunity to understand how the massive and powerful CCP organ called the Political and Legal Affairs Committee (PLAC) has violated the laws that it is charged with enforcing.
There is no way for Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao to prevent the CCP from ending.
At the same time, the infighting behind the high red walls of Zhongnanhai, the CCP’s leadership compound, has focused attention on the darkest chapter in the history of today’s China: the persecution of Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa. That persecution is now seen to be the core issue behind the struggles going on at the top of the CCP.
Operating Outside the Law
After the then-paramount leader of the CCP Jiang Zemin launched the persecution of Falun Dafa on July 20, 1999, he found maintaining his signature campaign difficult. It was unpopular and absurd on its face. Rather than change course, Jiang chose to drive the persecution forward by giving more and more power to the PLAC.
