A staunch critic of President Xi Jinping, Cai Xia, a former professor at the Central Party School was expelled from the party after she accused Xi of provoking conflict with other countries, including with India, to divert the attention of the Chinese public from domestic economic and social tensions.
Cai Xia was quoted saying in the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post that Xi has “damaged the reputation of the country”. This statement was seen as seditious and of “extraordinarily execrable nature”, and seriously violated the political discipline of the party, the notice said.
At present Cai is in the United States and in an interview she gave in the month of June to the UK’s Guardian newspaper, Cai said Xi was provoking conflict between China and India and encouraging anti-American sentiment to consolidate his own position and authority.
In a report published in The Sydney Morning Herald, Cai called Xi, a “mafia boss“. Cai further went on to describe XI that he wants to provoke conflicts, and said, “there are several factors. Among them is that he wants to consolidate his own position and authority”.
Referring to the clash in the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh, Cai said, “Considering domestic economic and social tensions, as well as those in the party of the last few years, he will think of ways to divert the attention of the Chinese public, provoking conflict with other countries, for example encouraging anti-American sentiment and the recent clash between China and India”.
She was most critical of the constitutional amendment removing the two-term limit for the President that paved the way for lifelong tenure enjoyed by Mao. Cai also said there is a lot of secrecy related to coronavirus casualties and not acting to curb the virus when he came to know of it on January 7 this year.
Xi Xingping was the head of the Central Party School before he took over power in 2012.