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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.08,0:00:06.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Xi Jiping is in a life or death power struggle. \NIs he more on the death side of things?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.68,0:00:11.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Welcome to China Uncensored, I’m Chris Chappell. 
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.68,0:00:18.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,            \NIt seems in all likelihood
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.60,0:00:23.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He Weidong, one of China’s top \Ngenerals, has been purged. 
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.68,0:00:28.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if we’re talking about purges and \Nclandestine power struggles at the highest  
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.72,0:00:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ranks of the Chinese Communist \NParty, you know what that means!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.88,0:00:40.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s time for another episode of the People’s \Nfavorite Communist soap opera—General Hostility.  
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.08,0:00:46.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Previously on General Hostility, after more \Nthan a decade in power, Xi Jinping has purged  
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.56,0:00:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,millions of Chinese Communist officials \Nin his so-called anti-corruption campaign.  
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.56,0:01:00.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But anti-corruption is just a front for Xi’s \Ntrue intentions! Trying to take over the world!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.08,0:01:05.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ok, it’s actually purging disloyal officials \Nto solidify his power over the CCP. And then  
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.76,0:01:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to take over the world! But in \Nthe face of a trade war with America,  
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.28,0:01:17.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a fraying economy at \Nhome, are Xi’s days numbered? 
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.44,0:01:19.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love that show. 
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.12,0:01:19.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So yes, 
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.68,0:01:24.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since Xi Jinping came to power in \N2012, he’s purged a lot of people,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.80,0:01:26.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Particularly in the military.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.72,0:01:30.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is pretty typical in Communist \NChina. It happens every 10-15 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.88,0:01:38.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1959, Mao Zedong purged Marshal Peng Dehuai, \NChina’s Defense Minister at the time. Why? Because  
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.16,0:01:44.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Peng resisted Mao’s cult of personality. \NHe obviously lost that power struggle.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.08,0:01:48.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That sparked a huge round \Nof purges in the military.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.08,0:01:50.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fast forward to the 1970s.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.16,0:01:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mao’s chosen successor, Marshal Lin \NBiao, allegedly tried to assassinate Mao,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.84,0:02:01.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so Mao began another massive purge \Nof top officials in the military. 
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.20,0:02:03.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Deng Xiaoping led the CCP,  
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.68,0:02:08.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a failed Chinese invasion of Vietnam \Nled to another round of purges.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.96,0:02:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Jiang Zemin came to power in \Nthe 90s, boom, more military purges.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.00,0:02:15.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You get the idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.36,0:02:20.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Purging the military is just what CCP leaders \Ndo. It’s on their list, along with genociding  
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.72,0:02:26.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a religious and/or ethnic minority of their \Nchoice, and trying to take over the world. 
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.24,0:02:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Xi Jinping became the leader of the \NCCP, he was in a massive power struggle  
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.12,0:02:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a political faction tied to former CCP \Nleader and current pickled toad Jiang Zemin. 
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.00,0:02:43.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So of course he purged all the military \Nofficials promoted under Jiang. Well,  
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.52,0:02:45.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,almost all of the military officials. 
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.84,0:02:49.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Xi purged General Guo Boxiong, \Nwho was in charge of military  
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.76,0:02:54.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,development and General Xu Caihou, \Nwho was the political commissar. 
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.24,0:02:56.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They had been in charge for a long time,  
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.56,0:03:02.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so almost every top Chinese military \Nofficial had been promoted by them. 
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.16,0:03:04.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Xi’s purge was devastating. 
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.64,0:03:09.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He completely reorganized the People’s \NLiberation Army command structure.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.28,0:03:12.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And all the top positions \Nwere now filled with people  
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.64,0:03:16.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Xi personally promoted for their loyalty to him.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.88,0:03:22.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that’s what’s so weird about this recent \Nround of purges. Xi is getting rid of people
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.32,0:03:27.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like He Weidong, who are widely \Nbelieved to be Xi Jinping allies.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.60,0:03:33.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He Weidong was big. He got what’s called \Nin Chinese politics, a helicopter ride.  
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.36,0:03:38.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Xi promoted him several ranks at once, right \Nto the top. In 2019, he was put in charge of  
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.80,0:03:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,China’s Eastern Command. In other words, \Nthe guys who would be invading Taiwan.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.00,0:03:50.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then two years ago, He was promoted to be \Nnumber three in China’s Central Military  
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.24,0:03:55.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Commission—that’s the group that controls \Nthe military. The number one position is,  
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.12,0:03:58.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,obviously Xi Jinping. \NBut the number two position
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.40,0:04:02.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is Zhang Youxia, the only survivor 
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.08,0:04:06.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the purges of General Guo \NBoxiong and General Xu Caihou.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.64,0:04:11.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you were placing bets on who Xi would \Npurge, you’d think Zhang Youxia , who was  
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.76,0:04:15.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,promoted by the generals appointed by \NXi Jinping’s arch enemy, would be way  
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.68,0:04:21.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more likely. So why was it He Weidong? \NWell, since this is the opaque world of  
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.76,0:04:26.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inner Communist Party politics, there are \Nseveral explanations floating around. 
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.56,0:04:30.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to Miles Yu, who’s the director \Nof the China Center at the Hudson Institute,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.72,0:04:34.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Xi collapsed all the different \Ndepartments of the PLA during his big  
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.80,0:04:40.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reorganization I mentioned earlier, this \Ncreated a lot of overlap. Redundancies.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.56,0:04:46.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So with Generals Zhang Youxia and He Weidong,\N“They have overlapping core competencies.”
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.56,0:04:52.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“that's why you got enormous internal struggle \Nand fight against each other for favor. So it's  
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.32,0:04:57.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,basically a turf war and that's why Xi \NJinping had to sacrifice one of them.”
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.12,0:05:02.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course that doesn’t really explain why it was \NHe Weidong that got purged and not Zhang Youxia. 
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.80,0:05:05.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So here’s another explanation.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.20,0:05:08.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has to do with this guy—Miao Hua.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.40,0:05:11.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Miao was another member of the \NCentral Military Commission,  
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.68,0:05:16.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Xi Jinping’s main propaganda \Nguy for the military. So,  
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.72,0:05:22.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a major Xi ally in the military. And he \Ngot purged. That was a few months ago. 
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.96,0:05:27.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sinoinsider, a risk consultancy that \Nspecializes in elite Chinese politics,  
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.52,0:05:33.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,suggests his purge could have been similar \Nto Chairman Mao’s purge of Lin Biao —a  
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.44,0:05:37.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,close ally that may have become too \Nambitious for the Great Helmsman. 
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.92,0:05:41.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“In the process of advancing \NXi’s political objectives,  
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.44,0:05:45.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Miao could have inadvertently \Ncultivated his own power base,  
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.60,0:05:51.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or was perceived by Xi as having cultivated a \Npower base that could threaten his interests.”
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.92,0:05:56.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Life as a CCP official sounds very \Nstressful. If you don’t get enough power,  
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.24,0:06:00.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you get purged. If you get too much \Npower, you also get purged. If you  
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.64,0:06:05.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even look like you might be getting \Ntoo much power, you still get purged.  
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.60,0:06:12.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you’re about to get purged, what can you \Ndo to save yourself? Rat other people out. 
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.72,0:06:16.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to Yuan Hongbing, an \NAustralia-based Chinese dissident,  
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.80,0:06:23.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Miao Hua, in order to save his own skin, \Nmade sweeping accusations of disloyalty. 
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.04,0:06:30.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How sweeping? He accused around 1,300 people at \Nall ranks of the Chinese military of disloyalty,  
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.96,0:06:34.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including people above him, like He Weidong. 
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.88,0:06:39.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then there’s yet another \Nexplanation floating around out there—
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.20,0:06:44.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Xi Jinping is out of power. \NAs in, totally out of power. 
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.40,0:06:47.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And General Zhang Youxia, \Nthe number two guy in the  
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.52,0:06:51.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Central Military Commission is really in charge. 
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.36,0:06:56.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That’s why Xi allies are being purged. \NBecause now there’s a new guy at the top.  
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.88,0:07:01.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the guy basically in charge of China’s \Nmilitary, Zhang would have a ton of power.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.76,0:07:05.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Xi has certainly made himself \Na lot of enemies over the years.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.36,0:07:07.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And with the Chinese economy struggling
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.84,0:07:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Young people unable to find work
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.00,0:07:13.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a growing trade war with the United States
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.04,0:07:17.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe enough people within the Chinese \NCommunist Party have had enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.44,0:07:21.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there certainly have been \Ncoup *attempts* against Xi before.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.36,0:07:24.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there are some problems with this.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.24,0:07:29.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rumors of a *successful* coup against \NXi have obviously not always panned out.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.68,0:07:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And looking at Chinese state-run media, you \Ndon’t get a sense that Xi’s going anywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.00,0:07:39.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead you see, Xi Jinping Thought on \NCulture leads path to national rejuvenation
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.84,0:07:46.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Senior official calls for thoroughly studying, \Nimplementing Xi Jinping Thought on Culture
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.48,0:07:49.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Officials at all levels, \Nparticularly in the military,  
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.76,0:07:54.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are still being told to study \NXi’s writings and speeches. 
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.64,0:07:57.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Typically in Chinese Communist power struggles,  
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.20,0:08:02.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*before* one faction topples another, they create \Na narrative around it to sway public opinion. 
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.96,0:08:09.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If Xi really were out of power, you wouldn’t \Nexpect his propaganda to be so prominent.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.52,0:08:12.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The real test of Xi’s power will come in 2027 
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.96,0:08:15.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the 21st Party Congress.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.36,0:08:21.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And whether or not he gets, “elected” to \Nanother 5 years as China’s supreme leader. 
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.72,0:08:27.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh but don’t worry, there’s plenty of General \NHostility to watch before then. In fact, there are  
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.12,0:08:34.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,signs that there are bigger purges ahead. Not just \Nin the military, but throughout the entire CCP. 
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.40,0:08:38.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Last month two CCP officials switched jobs. Now,  
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.96,0:08:42.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that might not sound earthshaking, \Nbut it’s highly unusual. 
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.96,0:08:46.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, unlike the military \Npurges that happen every decade,  
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.32,0:08:51.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this has never happened before \Nsince the CCP took over China. 
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.44,0:08:56.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Shi Taifeng, who was in charge \Nof the United Front Work Department. 
 
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.32,0:09:03.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He swapped jobs with this guy, Li Ganjie, who was \Nin charge of the Central Organization Department. 
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.20,0:09:08.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The United Front is an incredibly important \Ndepartment, because it’s in charge of influencing  
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.80,0:09:15.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and subverting others for the CCP. Both \Ninside China and internationally. For example,  
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.84,0:09:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the influence campaigns targeting foreign \Npoliticians are run by the United Front. 
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.00,0:09:24.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These pandas? United Front operatives. 
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.80,0:09:30.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the Central Organization Department is even \Nmore important than the United Front. Because it’s  
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.64,0:09:37.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,essentially the Human Resources Department for \Nthe CCP. Except this HR Department can purge you. 
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.68,0:09:42.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if Xi Jinping is moving Shi Taifeng, \Nwho’s considered one of his allies,  
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.32,0:09:48.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to head the Central Organization Department, \Nthat’s pretty big. Personnel issues are now  
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.88,0:09:54.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a bigger priority for Xi than the United \NFront’s influence and subversion campaigns. 
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.88,0:10:00.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to SinoInsider, “The move foreshadows a \Nsweeping purge or reassignment of officials in the  
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.96,0:10:06.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Party, the government, and the military, \Nas well as major personnel changes.”
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.32,0:10:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what that means.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.00,0:10:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the Chinese Communist \NParty, there is only one rule:  
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.00,0:10:16.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,live by the power struggle, \Ndie by the power struggle. 
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.24,0:10:23.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After a decade of purges, Xi Jinping still hasn’t \Nwon. Will Xi start an earthquake inside the CCP,  
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.68,0:10:30.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,purged officials falling left and right? \NOr will he himself finally be toppled?  
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.56,0:10:36.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Find out next time, on General Hostility.
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Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.84,0:10:58.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once again I’m Chris Chappell, see you next time.