Chinese President Xi Jinping stares at the biggest crisis in his career both at home and outside. Public angst across the globe has been rising against China for unleashing the Wuhan virus. Apart from this, it has gone on to unleash a reign of terror in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Xinjiang.
In between this the Chinese army shot itself in the foot at the Galwan valley. China did not even officially acknowledge the soldiers lost on its side making the lives of those soldiers worthless. In the process, China lost a not just the thriving Indian market but also its trust. It has lost the goodwill of the Indians gained from the Chennai Connect and Wuhan Spirit.
On the other hand, it has been facing backlash from countries across the globe over its new national security law that has made Hong Kong a boiling pot.
All this has resulted in public opinion both within and outside China, turn against the mad king Xi Jinping. In light of this Xi Jinping has resorted to the usual tactics of the Communist playbook.
Jinping has taken two big measures to make sure that there is no dissent to his decisions within his own country. He has created a special task force that keeps a check on domestic political activity that “handles disputes and unrest stemming from the coronavirus pandemic”. He has claimed that this measure was taken to “maintain social stability”.
A professor who spoke against Xi Jinping was arrested and his present whereabouts remains unknown.
Along with this, he is also trying to acquire absolute control over the country’s People’s Liberation Army. He is already the chief of the Central Military Commission (CMC), which makes all the defence related decisions. He has now placed the reserve military force under a Communist Party and CMC. Earlier, it was reported that all senior officials will be subjected to an “economic responsibility audit”, a performance-related evaluation process through which officers can be dismissed.
This means that in China all roads lead to the mad king Xi Jinping.