Introduction: Unbridled Evil—The Corrupt Reign of Jiang Zemin in China

Introduction: Unbridled Evil—The Corrupt Reign of Jiang Zemin in China
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Introduction

The Chinese nation is special. China was once called The Land of the Divine. The ancient dynasties were once called The Heavenly Dynasties. It is the only civilization in the world that has survived for 5,000 years, and the only history of a people that has been uninterrupted for that long. What is crucial for the 5,000 years of Chinese civilization is the continuity factor—a thread that runs through all the dynasties. Foreign powers may interfere or even take over, but the new rulers are eventually Sinicized, and the social and moral order lives on. This fact explains why the nation of “Oneness of Heaven and Man” has been highly fertile ground for producing people of great enlightenment, legends of heroic epics, and an abundance of classic literature.

For millennia, the gods have watched over and protected the Chinese nation. However, after the Communists took power, the country and the people suffered catastrophe and devastation. Religious institutions and traditional arts were the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) target. Monks were slaughtered, temples dismantled, historic relics destroyed, and classics burned. Little remains intact of the 5,000 years of civilization. Society was filled with the class struggle, state control of media, violent deaths, famines, and fanaticism for “destruction of the old world.” Under the CCP’s rule, the nation’s faith, morality, and civilization have degenerated and become disconnected from their original state.