Jiang Faction Faces Re-Line Up After Cold Farewell

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Follow us on TWITTER: http://twitter.com/cnforbiddennews Like us on FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/chinaforbiddennews The Chinese Communist Party(CCP)'s mouthpiece media have rarely reported on Jiang Zemin since his appearance at the 18th Congress on November 8. Overseas Chinese media recently exposed that, no high-ranking officials saw Jiang off on November17. Jiang's formal think-tank, Wang Huning, an incumbent member of the Political Bureau, ordered the major media not to report on Jiang and requested former prime minister Zhu Rongji to replace Jiang for future appearances. Overseas Chinese community site, Boxun Network, reported on the 18th that, when Jiang Zemin left Beijing, many pro-Jiang officials were invited to bid him farewell. However, the incumbent Standing Committee members like Zhang Dejiang, Liu Yunshan, Zhang Gaoli and others— including Wang Huning who had drafted Jiang's "Three Represents"—did not show up. Only Jiang's sworn follower and a member of the CCP Central Committee Jia Yanan turned up to bid him farewell. The report also said that a few days prior to the18th Congress, Jiang's last office in the Beijing Military Commission closed; the congress was the last chance for him to make appearance. [Ren Baiming, Political commentator]: "The era of Jiang Zemin is over, as for 13 years he has been persecuting Falun Gong. In actuality, people within the party all know that the persecution cannot go on. Meanwhile, new members of the Political Bureau Standing Committee are reluctant to show any relationship with Jiang. One must be careful; otherwise, it may become media hype and may even become notorious." Ren Baiming believes that Jia Yanan has been Jiang Zemin's "hardcore" confidant. He is retired with no career to speak of, so he could afford to see Jiang Zemin off. Some others, who had been promoted by Jiang in the past, would not sacrifice themselves for Jiang. [Ren Baiming, Political commentator]: "Chinese officialdom's lastingly well known for its re-line up. Therefore, they want to remove themselves from Jiang's field or avoid his faction, as a result of Jiang's waning influence. Political commentator Xia Xiaoqiang says, it clearly shows that Jiang has lost his influence during the 18th Congress. [Xia Xiaoqiang, Political Commentator]: "When no senior officials saw Jiang Zemin off from Beijing, it showed, Jiang did not have much influence in the congress; yet, Hu Jintao's decade of power has reached its pinnacle. The 18th personnel arrangement is just a representation; at the last minute, Hu Jintao decided to retreat fully, ridding the unspoken rule of the elders' intrusion in domestic affairs, and expressing his wish to hand over power to Xi Jinping. Also, on the afternoon of November15, both old and new CCP Standing Committee members met with thousands of representatives in the conference but Jiang Zemin was absent. The report says, Wang Huning had informed the major media not to report any news regarding Jiang Zemin and that, Zhu Rongji would replace Jiang to attend all future occasions. On November 18, Tsinghua University's in-house publication said that, Zhu Rongji had attended the College Board meeting of the Economic and Business Administration. Zhu Rongji was joined by Wang Qishan, Zhou Xiaochuan, and the secretary and principal of Tsinghua University. Zhu Rongji is in fact the honorary chairman of the Tsinghua Economic and Business Administration—he and Jiang Zemin had been rivals on a different occasion. Zen Guojun, a visiting scholar of the University of California, believes that it's good, if viewed from a different perspective. [Zeng Guojun, Visiting Scholar, University of California]: "If people could witness the final scene of Jiang, they too would awaken to the fact that these senior officials or Jiang's so-called 'supporters' would lie in order to gain power. Once the person is about to fade away, they immediately abandon him and look for new masters." The Central Political Bureau held its first meeting on November16, after Xi Jinping took over as general secretary. Not one word was mentioned of Jiang, but Hu was praised publicly, making for a dark contrast. Ren Baiming analyzes that, currently not only Jiang's faction but the Deng family, Yie family and Li family are all trying to intervene in the political situations; they are most likely to gradually replace Jiang's force. 《神韵》2011世界巡演新亮点 http://www.ShenYunPerformingArts.org/