The Great Han Chauvinism once again
In 2004, I had mentioned one of the cancers of Communist China: The Great Han Chauvinism. The situation seems to be getting worst, particularly in Tibet or Xinjiang.
The Chinese media announced last month that the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) had decided to nominate Wang Junzheng of Han nationality as Secretary of the Party Committee of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR); he becomes de facto a member of the TAR Standing Committee.
A Chinese website explained: “On October 19, the Tibet Autonomous Region held a meeting of leading cadres, at which Comrade Zeng Yichun, vice minister of the Central Organization Department, announced the decision of the Central Government; Zeng said that the adjustment was made by the Central Government [Beijing] in the light of the overall situation, according to the work needs and the actual construction of the leadership team of the Tibet Autonomous Region, after thorough consideration and careful study.”
So far, not a single Tibetan or non-Han has made it to Party Secretary’s seat, can you believe it?
The situation is similar in Xinjiang with the Uyghur minority being second-class citizens.
Seventy years after having ‘liberated’ the Tibetans, the latter are still slaves of the Han majority.
It is ironical that during the Sixth Plenum of the Communist Party (November 8 to 11), President Xi Jinping boasted about the achievements during the 100-year rule of the Communists in China (and 70 years in Tibet). But, he did not mention the fate of the Tibetans or Uyghurs and why they are not given the top responsibility.
The Communist Party of China is in fact a racist Party, not giving any place to the minorities.
Can you imagine such a situation in India: if West Bengal or Tamil Nadu never had a Bengali or Tamil Chief Minister since Independence?
This is the situation in Tibet, Xinjiang or Inner Mongolia.
Simply Shameful
According to The South China Morning Post, Wang is China’s highest ranking official “to be widely sanctioned over accusations of human rights violations in March, during his tenure as Xinjiang’s deputy party secretary and security chief. His boss, Xinjiang party chief Chen Quanguo, appeared only on the Donald Trump administration’s sanctions list announced last year.”
The Hong Kong newspaper added: “Wang’s promotion underlines Beijing’s snub of the West’s response to its policies in Xinjiang, as well as its growing interest in the pool of officials who have been held up as examples of competence in areas with large ethnic minority populations. He served as Xinjiang’s security chief from 2019 before starting his most recent role last year as political commissar of the paramilitary Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, while retaining his post as deputy party chief.”
The years to come are going to be tough for the Tibetans.
No question, of course, to negotiate anything with Dharamsala.
Wu’s farewell speech
While leaving Wu Yingjie said: “I have lived on the Tibetan plateau for more than 60 years, worked for 47 years, traveled through the mountains and waters of Tibet, personally witnessed the human miracle of Tibet under the leadership of the Party in just a few decades, spanning thousands of years. Tibet is my home and the Tibetan people will always be my relatives. I feel extremely happy to be able to live here, work here and grow here, feel proud to be able to dedicate the most precious youthful years of my life here, and feel extremely honored to be able to plow, struggle and harvest together with my comrades here. Looking back on the work and life in Tibet, looking back on the unforgettable years with all of us together, remembering the instructions, thanksgiving and progress, many scenes are real, many past events are vividly remembered, all of them make me deeply moved, infinite fondness.”
Interestingly, Wang has never been posted in Tibet. It is definitively a change of policy from the rulers in Beijing.
About Wang Junzheng
He was born in May 1963, in Linyi, Shandong Province; he has a postgraduate degree and a doctorate in management. He is currently an alternate member of the 19th Central Committee.
Chinese name: Wang Junzheng
Nationality: China
Ethnicity: Han Chinese
Place of origin: Linyi, Shandong
Birth date: May 1963
Graduated from: Shandong University
Biography
1981.09-1985.07 Shandong University, Department of Scientific Socialism, majoring in Scientific Socialism
1985.07-1988.08 Master’s degree in Scientific Socialism, Marxist-Leninist Institute, Renmin University of China
1988.08-1993.10 Section officer and deputy chief section officer of the General Office of the Ministry of Labour, chief section officer and deputy divisional secretary of the Minister’s Office
1993.10-1994.09 Deputy Divisional Secretary and Full Divisional Secretary, General Office of Yunnan Provincial Party Committee
1994.09-1995.06 Deputy Secretary, Guandu District, Kunming City, Yunnan Province (at divisional level)
1995.06-1998.12 Secretary of Guandu District Committee of Kunming City, Yunnan Province
1998.12-2000.11 Standing Committee Member and Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of Kunming City, Yunnan Province
2000.11-2003.10 Standing Committee Member and Director of the Organization Department of Kunming Municipal Committee, Yunnan Province
2003.10-2003.11 Deputy Secretary of the Kunming Municipal Committee and Director of the Organization Department, Kunming City, Yunnan Province
2003.11-2005.01 Deputy Secretary of Kunming Municipal Party Committee and Minister of Propaganda Department, Kunming City, Yunnan Province
2005.01-2007.05 Vice-President of Yunnan Provincial High People’s Court
(1998.09-2006.07 Postgraduate studies in Business Administration, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, PhD in Management)
2007.05-2007.06 Deputy Secretary of Lijiang Municipal Party Committee, Yunnan Province
2007.06-2007.11 Deputy Secretary and Acting Mayor of Lijiang City, Yunnan Province
2007.11-2009.12 Deputy Secretary and Mayor of Lijiang City, Yunnan Province
2009.12-2012.09 Secretary of Lijiang Municipal Party Committee, Yunnan Province
2012.09-2013.05 Vice Governor of Hubei Province
2013.05-2013.06 Vice-Governor of Hubei Province, Secretary of Xiangyang Municipal Party Committee
2013.06-2013.09 Standing Committee Member of Hubei Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of Xiangyang Municipal Party Committee
2013.09-2016.01 Member of the Standing Committee of Hubei Provincial Committee, Secretary of Xiangyang Municipal Committee and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People’s Congress
2016.01-2019.01 Member of the Standing Committee of the Jilin Provincial Committee and Secretary of the Changchun Municipal Committee
2019.01-2019.02 Standing Committee of the Party Committee of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
2019.02-2020.04 Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
2020.04-2020.05 Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and Secretary of the Party Committee of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, at full ministerial level
2020.05-2020.09 Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Secretary of the Party Committee and Political Commissar of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, Chairman of the Board of Directors of China New Construction Group Corporation, at full ministerial level
2020.09 – Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Secretary of the Party Committee and Political Commissar of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, Chairman of the Board of Directors of China Xinjiang Group Corporation, full ministerial level
2021.10- Secretary of the Party Committee of the Tibet Autonomous Region.
The Great Han Chauvinism still in full bloom in the Middle Kingdom.
