In China, as the economy continues to decline, grievances are widespread among the people. Due to collusion among the local government, public security, and judicial systems, more and more petitioners are heading to Zhongnanhai to seek redress. However, in Beijing, petitioners face interception, and the top leaders of the Chinese Communist Party turn a blind eye, sparking anger among the petitioners. Recently, a petitioner publicly criticized the current leaders, accusing them of being “blind and deaf, destroying this country.”
According to a video released by the self-media account “Yesterday@YesterdayBigcat,” on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year (February 23), a large number of petitioners gathered outside the National Bureau for Letters and Calls to queue up for the next day’s registration. Several elderly petitioners specifically came to the scene to give speeches.
One female petitioner, without naming names, criticized the CCP leaders on the spot, saying, “Is this national peace and prosperity? You can see everything happening with foreigners, but can’t you see what’s happening with Chinese people? How do you govern the country? Governing the country has ruined the nation! This generation of leaders is blind and deaf, destroying this country and ruining the youth of many people.”
She encouraged everyone to record her speech with their phones, saying, “What is there to fear.”
The female petitioner also told others that queuing up is pointless, urging them to learn from “peasant uprisings, large strikes by workers,” advocating for human rights, embracing a different way of life, and not relying on the current methods to seek justice, as it may never yield results even if petitioned to death.
Another elderly petitioner expressed hope that Xi Jinping would “show some compassion and visit the National Bureau for Letters and Calls.” (Video link)
Ironically, on February 22, the All-China Women’s Federation launched a new book about the Party leader Xi Jinping’s so-called “going into the people’s homes,” claiming it reflects “the leader of the people, loved by the people.” Mainland interviewees told Da Ji Yuan that this is a fraudulent and deceitful scheme. Senior Canadian commentator Sheng Xue remarked that Xi Jinping is actually very afraid to tread into the real environment of the common people.
During politically sensitive days, a large number of petitioners gather in Beijing at the National Bureau for Letters and Calls, but often they are intercepted. Illegal black jails are set up across the country to deal with petitioners who are intercepted and sent back from Beijing.
Chinese human rights lawyer Chen Jianguang, living in exile in the United States, once shared with Da Ji Yuan his experiences and observations in Beijing. “Many people are taken back and then subjected to torture, abuse, and cruelty. It’s too much. The stories I have witnessed are unbearable. So many tragedies have occurred because petitioners are beaten to death while seeking redress.”
Rights lawyer Wu Shaoping, currently residing in the United States and originally from mainland China, commented on the Chinese Communist Party’s Letters and Calls system, calling it a trap. He believes that the system is almost entirely a sham based on current outcomes, not aimed at genuinely resolving the issues faced by the common people, but rather at draining the people’s energy and financial resources, using delaying tactics.