Mr. Shi Ping’s article in the Sankei Shimbun on August 5, titled “The Depths of the Taliban Meeting with Foreign Minister Wang,” can only be understood if the following article is kept in mind.
The article was published in the subscription-only monthly magazine ‘Themis’ under the title “Human rights siege, nuclear accident, overthrowing president for life, Xi Jinping, intensifying domestic and international offensive against “tyranny and president for life,” 
Xi Jinping Plots World Cup Bid to Break Narrowing Siege.
It is a must-read not only for the people of Japan but also for people all over the world.
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Showing off the modernization of the military with the latest weapons　
“We will never allow outside forces to bully or oppress the Chinese people and treat them as slaves. If anyone fantasizes about doing so, blood will be spilled in front of the ‘Great Wall of Steel’ built with flesh and blood of 1.4 billion Chinese people.”　
On July 1, at a ceremony held in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, President Xi Jinping made clear his confrontational stance with the United States and Europe.
At the ceremony, 15 of the Chinese military’s most advanced stealth fighter jets, the Eradication (J) 20, flew overhead to show off the modernization of the army, and the approximately 70,000 party members who filled the square participated without masks to impress upon the international community that China had quickly recovered from the Corona disaster.　
A China watcher said.
“In China, only the supreme leader is allowed to wear the Mao suit, and this time, Xi Jinping’s Mao suit was gray. As President Mao Zedong in the portrait displayed in the square, he superimposed himself on Mao Zedong. In the name of ‘banishing corruption,’ Xi Jinping has purged political opponents such as the Communist Youth League and the Shanghai clique one after another. It is believed to have almost taken control of the Chinese military, where corruption was widespread.
Like Mao Zedong, who never relinquished power in his life, he is likely to be elevated to the presidency of the Communist Party at the 20th Party Congress next fall and establish a permanent dictatorship.”　
China has been employing the tactic of “TokoYokai” (hide your claws, cover your talents, wait for the right moment) since the days of Deng Xiaoping. Still, Xi Jinping aims for hegemony without any pretense and deploys “war wolf diplomacy” to intimidate and transmit one-sided claims.
A previous China watcher commented, “Xi Jinping’s father, Xi Zhongkun, served as vice premier, but was expelled from the party during the Cultural Revolution and placed under house arrest for 16 years. Xi Jinping was also exiled to the mountains of Yan’an, Shaanxi Province, for seven years from 1969. This experience has taught him firsthand how harsh the consequences of falling from power in a communist regime can be. Xi Jinping has concentrated all power in his hands and has become a ‘second Mao’ reflects his fear.”　
It is said that China will overtake the U.S. as the world’s largest economy by 2030. 
However, Xi Jinping did not smile at the commemorative ceremony, and his gloomy expression was noticeable.
He is impatient with the narrowing siege on China and the domestic political challenges that stand in the way of his rise to permanent power.

The Communist Youth League of China supports the Deng Xiaoping line.　
Amid many problems, including the Uyghur human rights issue, the collapse of One Belt, One Road due to the “debt trap,” the rapid aging of the population, and the disparity among the young, the current controversial issue is the suppression of private IT companies.
It is still fresh in our memories that in November 2020, the initial public offering of Ant Group, a subsidiary of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, was abruptly halted, and its founder, Jack Ma, temporarily disappeared.　
Electronic payment features such as Alibaba’s “Alibay” and Tencent’s “WeChat Pay” directly conflict with the government’s digital RMB initiative.
Moreover, the government feared that IT companies, with their free economic activities in the e-commerce arena, would soon become a threat to the Communist regime.
Xi Jinping is trying to dismantle and nationalize private IT companies that have grown too large and bring the platforms and people’s personal information and purchase histories under state control.
An international critic familiar with the situation in China points out that:　
“There are reports that the Ant Group was funded by the Jiang Zemin faction from Baoyu Capital, founded by Jiang Zhisheng, Jiang Zemin’s grandson. On July 4, the financial authorities also tightened restrictions on the newly listed U.S. car-delivery platform company DiDi, citing “serious violations of laws and regulations.” Still, this company is also under the strong influence of the Jiang Zemin faction. It could say that this is part of Xi Jinping’s effort to destroy Jiang Zemin.”　
The authorities’ restrictions also extend to foreign companies.
In addition to imposing restrictions on the purchase of Tesla vehicles for security reasons, the authorities have also restricted the transfer of collected data, such as traffic volume and vehicle location data, out of the country and demanded that a data collection base be set up in China.　
Tesla’s founder, Elon Musk, is known for having a friendly relationship with Vice President Wang Qishan and Prime Minister Li Keqiang.In the first place, the Communist Youth League of China, including Prime Minister Li Keqiang, has consistently supported Deng Xiaoping’s “reform and open route” that promotes economic growth by incorporating a free economy.
The international commentator noted the following.
“The Communist Youth League of China, which supports Deng Xiaoping’s line, is filled with dissatisfaction within the Communist Party concerning Xi Jinping’s methods of regulating all business activities. There are fears that China’s real estate bubble will burst and that state-owned enterprises will collapse in a chain reaction due to their massive debts. If these events come to light, they will trigger an immediate move to overthrow the Xi Jinping dictatorship.”

A large amount of Chinese money in FIFA　
In the midst of all this, CNN reported on June 14 that some of the fuel rods at the Taishan nuclear power plant in China’s Guangdong Province had been damaged, causing a leak of radioactive materials.　
A public security official pointed out the following.　
“A strategic missile base of the People’s Liberation Army exists on the coast of Guangdong Province, located on the other side of Taiwan, where the ” Dongfeng (DF) 17″ is deployed.
China is also hastening its missile strategy by building a large-scale underground hangar for intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) in the desert area of Gansu Province, and the possibility that the Taishan nuclear power plant was involved in the development of atomic missiles has also emerged.　
What is worrisome is that three days after the accident, Zhang Zhijian, a nuclear scientist and vice president of the Chinese Atomic Energy Society and vice president of Harbin Engineering University, committed suicide.
It could be that he was given strict instructions by the authorities to cover up the nuclear accident or held responsibly.
In any case, the various infrastructures built with inexperienced technology amid rapid growth are reaching their limits, and similar accidents are likely to continue.　
Xi Jinping is in a tight spot both domestically and externally, and he is said to be aiming at the bid to host the World Cup soccer tournament as a means of reviving his fortunes.
Some people, especially in the liberal camp, have begun to boycott next winter’s Beijing Olympics.
Therefore, Xi Jinping is trying to use his close relationship with FIFA to break the siege on China by bidding for the World Cup. Xi Jinping is known for his love of soccer, and China has been buying up powerful European clubs since 2014. In 2016, Chinese real estate giant Dalian Wanda Group (Wanda) signed a contract with FIFA’s highest-ranking sponsor through 2030.
In addition, the amount of sponsorship by Chinese companies for the 2018 World Cup in Russia was about 91.8 billion yen, almost double that of U.S. companies.　
Like the IOC, FIFA has a money-laden structure, and it will use the Chinese money to cajole FIFA into bidding for the 2030 World Cup, which will be held in Qatar next year, followed by the United States, Canada, and Mexico in 2026.　
However, there is a strong possibility that the Xi Jinping administration will collapse before that happens.
In the May issue of this magazine, we introduced the “X Thesis” by an anonymous former high-ranking official in the U.S., which instructed us to “eliminate Xi Jinping as the head of the Chinese Communist Party.
It is challenging to organize an anti-Xi Jinping group within the party, but assassination is possible with a small group of people.
Xi Jinping is said to spend his days fearing assassination, which is the quickest way to get rid of the top leadership.
Xi Jinping has also not named a successor for fear of losing power.
The post-Xi Jinping era of the Communist Party of China (CCP) is likely to repeat power struggles.