March 10, 2025, Beijing Great Hall of the People—A security guard stands at the entrance before the closing ceremony of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. (WANG ZHAO/AFP via Getty Images)
[People News] Recently, things have been particularly lively—especially in China. One moment we hear that Xi Jinping is in trouble, the next that some senior official has disappeared. The masses eagerly hope that China will one day produce an enlightened ruler who can rescue ordinary people from fire and water.
But the author never expected that such a ruler could emerge from within China’s system.
If readers don’t believe it, let me lay out the evidence.
I. Several leaders who directly deceived the people:
1. Mao Zedong
Back then, under the Republic of China and Kuomintang rule, many supported the government, while others had criticisms—but at least people had the freedom to voice their opinions. At that time, the slogans raised by the CCP were extremely enticing. Many came to believe that the CCP, or Mao Zedong, was China’s hope. As a result, many supported them openly or secretly. In fact, many senior Kuomintang officials were secret Communist Party members (spies). They succeeded in helping the CCP ascend the throne.
But then? The land the CCP promised to peasants—after only two years—was taken back under the People’s Communes. Today, farmers can’t even protect their ancestral homes: after forced demolitions, anyone who petitions risks being labelled mentally ill.
Workers helped the CCP overthrow the capitalists, only for the CCP itself to become an even greater capitalist.
Intellectuals were promised freedom of speech. Just look at the 550,000 “rightists” the Party crushed—enough said.
2. Deng Xiaoping
During Mao’s rule, Deng himself was branded a rightist. So, when he came to power, the people thought he would surely speak up for the rightists and for the people—or at least they hoped so.
But in 1989, when students, full of hope, protested against corruption—even staging hunger strikes—what greeted them? Tanks and machine guns. Another dream shattered.
3. Jiang Zemin
Jiang rose to power in disgrace, on the blood of the students of June Fourth. Yet at first, he too inspired some hope. During his tenure, medical reforms, housing reforms, and education reforms enabled many Chinese to get rich, pandering to people’s greed for profit. Many thought he was “good.”
But in 1999, his true face was revealed. A practice that brought health and moral elevation to over a hundred million people—Falun Dafa—was mercilessly vilified and persecuted. He even used labor camps to carry out persecution without any judicial process. Worse, he established an industrial chain of forced organ harvesting, called “a crime never before seen on this planet.” To this day, it has not disappeared, but expanded—to target not only prisoners but also students and ordinary passersby, treated as “human mines.”
4. Xi Jinping
Xi’s father was once branded a rightist, so many believed Xi might speak up for the people. Early on, he punished many corrupt officials and abolished the labour camp system, further convincing people he was a wise ruler.
But over time, people realised they had misjudged him once again.
Do you still remember the COVID lockdowns and mandatory PCR tests?
Foreign investors were enticed to build factories, only to face forced technology transfers. Many left in frustration, and the economy plummeted—a decline still ongoing, which everyone can feel.
The real estate collapse turned many from millionaires into debtors overnight. How many years will it take for them to recover?
As for the persecution of Falun Dafa, it has not eased but has even extended overseas. Even the century-old New York Times was bought off to attack Shen Yun with “unrestricted warfare.” You’ve probably heard of such incidents.
II. A few whom people once thought hopeful:
Some say, yes, the CCP is bad, but there are still good people inside. Let’s see what became of those widely seen as “good.”
1. Zhu Rongji
That premier who prepared 99 coffins and swore to fight corruption soon fell silent. His story indirectly tells us what one faces if they try to oppose corruption in China.
2. Hu Jintao
Netizens say that during his rule, he was like a submissive “daughter-in-law.” In the end, he even traded his own position to ensure Jiang would relinquish power, helping Xi consolidate control. But at his last public appearance in the Great Hall of the People, in full view of the world, he was forcibly escorted out by Xi’s men.
3. Li Keqiang
Li once said openly that hundreds of millions in China live on less than 1,000 yuan a month. He spoke a few truths. In the end, he used his own life to prove a lesson: in China, if you dare to speak differently from the top leader, that’s your fate.
From these examples, we see that within the CCP system, anyone with even a shred of conscience is lucky if they can retreat with their life and just scrape by. To live longer, one must be more ruthless and more cunning than the rest. Even mass killings of students or persecution of faith can be justified as “maintaining stability”, but who truly cares about the lives of the people?
Why is this? In a cesspit, can you find anything truly clean?
The Communist Manifesto begins: “A spectre is haunting Europe—the spectre of Communism.” Was that metaphor—or confession?
The Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party says: “The Party is alive—it is an evil spirit.” Anyone who can survive within it must collude with it, even surpass it in evil.
Now, many rumours say that Zhang Youxia might replace Xi Jinping. Once again, people’s hopes are rising. But looking at the past leaders, and at our present reality, do you really think, even if that hope is realised, that it could solve China’s problems?
(First published by People News)
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