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Today’s focus: Shocking! Hunan female head of department tied up and thrown off building by two persons? 10-year-old Japanese boy stabbed in Shenzhen, anti-Japanese propaganda by the CCP causing trouble?! State media urgently deletes reports, spontaneous mourning from the public; Xi Jinping establishing lifelong rule? Could bring down the entire CCP regime!
According to a notice released by the Changsha Public Security Bureau in Hunan Province, a criminal case occurred at 9:12 am on September 19 in a residential area on Chengnan Road, Tianxin District, Changsha City. 58-year-old Liu was killed, and the suspects, 35-year-old Jiang and 31-year-old Jiang, fell to their deaths. The case is currently under further investigation.
An insider from the Hunan Provincial finance system confirmed that on the morning of the 19th, Hunan Provincial Finance Department Director Liu Wenjie died unexpectedly. Liu Wenjie had been a cadre in the Finance Department system for a long time, rising to the position of Director of the Finance Department step by step. The incident occurred in her residence in the Finance Department dormitory.
Screenshots circulating on various social platforms show, “In the morning, Hunan’s current Finance Department Director Liu Wenjie was tied up by two people and thrown from a window. Died on the spot.” The official website of the Finance Department of Hunan Province shows that Liu Wenjie currently serves as the Party Secretary and Director of the Finance Department, overseeing comprehensive work and in charge of the Budget Department and Finance Supervision Bureau (Inspection Department). She was appointed Director of the Hunan Provincial Finance Department in December 2022.
The incident took place at the residential building of the Hunan Provincial Finance Department on Yichating Lane No. 18 in Changsha’s Tianxin District. According to eyewitnesses present at the time, around 9 am that day, two sounds of objects falling to the ground were heard consecutively, with the two sounds less than a minute apart. The incident occurred in an old residential area that had been built for many years, located next to the Hunan Provincial Finance Department.
Insiders revealed that the two other individuals who fell from the building at the same time as Liu Wenjie were related to her work. However, they were unwilling to elaborate on why the three individuals fell.
Subsequent online rumors revealed more details: 31-year-old Jiang Yuhui, a representative of the People’s Congress in Yueyang City, and 35-year-old outstanding youth Jiang Hui from Yueyang, disguised as security guards and cleaners, entered Liu Wenjie’s dormitory, leading to a fatal conflict.
According to the investigation, Jiang Yuhui and Jiang Hui lent 60 million RMB to Liu Wenjie in October 2020 and received interest payments of 9 million RMB each in 2021 and 2022. They had not received the interest on the loan, and they had agreed several times to receive the interest and return part of the principal before July 1, 2024. However, Liu Wenjie did not fulfill her promise, leading the Jiang brothers to come to collect the debt. A heated argument ensued between the parties in the dormitory. Eventually, with Liu Wenjie bound hand and foot, she was placed on the windowsill and fell to her death. Jiang Yuhui and Jiang Hui attempted to escape from other windows using curtains, bed sheets, and bedding as ropes, but accidentally died in the process.
Online sources stated that Jiang Yuhui was a member of the Political Consultative Conference in Pingjiang County, Hunan, and often drove luxury cars like Maseratis. In his early twenties, he had a company with a registered capital of 30 million RMB, with business operations in Hunan and Guangdong. However, his core company was backed by a boss named Zhou, who had undertaken many real estate projects. Jiang Hui was once named one of the top 100 outstanding youths in Yueyang City.
Rumors circulated online suggesting that there could be deep dark secrets behind this case, possibly involving the downfall in July of a female tiger of ministerial rank— former chairwoman of the Hunan Provincial Political Consultative Conference, Li Weiwei. Li Weiwei had served in Hunan for nearly 40 years, previously holding positions such as Minister of the United Front Department of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee. In 2016, Li assumed the position of Chairwoman and Party Secretary of the Hunan Provincial Political Consultative Conference, rising to a ministerial rank. Her downfall in July was the first ministerial-level tiger to fall since the 18th National Congress of the CCP. However, these claims remain unverified.
Netizens have been discussing this incident. “Throwing a high-ranking government official off a building, even movies dare not depict such scenes.” “A criminal case involving a department head, how daring, what kind of grudge.”
Time commentator Cai Shunkun posted on X platform, “It is said that many engineering projects are funded by the Finance Department, and the money bags in charge of funds are also running out of money, leading to various interests being implicated, and conflicts escalating sharply. The people of Hunan have always had a tradition of challenging local administrative institutions. Of course, this is just a rumor, and the truth is probably not that simple.
“But it is enough to illustrate the strangeness and cruelty of the official ecosystem in Hunan. Directors of finance departments are often the most important officials in provincial governments, wielding considerable power, and are highly prized by secretaries and governors. The murder of Liu Wenjie undoubtedly hides unknown truths behind it. Finance department directors who control the money bags also know many secrets of the officialdom. In any case, Liu Wenjie’s murder is extremely shocking to the officialdom in Hunan, and the connections with secretaries and governors cannot be ignored.”
Earlier, a Japanese boy, aged 10, was assaulted on his way to school in Shenzhen on Wednesday (September 18), and he succumbed to his injuries in the early hours of Thursday. The 44-year-old suspect, Zhong, was immediately arrested.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida described this as a “despicable criminal act” and a serious incident on Thursday. He urged Chinese authorities to protect Japanese nationals in China. “Such incidents must not be repeated. We strongly urge the Chinese side to ensure the safety of the Japanese people.”
Following the death, the Japanese Embassy sent a reminder message to Japanese nationals in China, advising them to “be observant of their surroundings when going out, stay vigilant against suspicious individuals, and strive to ensure their own safety.” After the news of his death was announced, the Japanese Consulate General in Guangzhou posted a photo of the embassy flag at half-mast. Before that, Hu Youping, who protected Japanese schoolchildren, passed away, and Japan also lowered its flag in tribute.
The deceased boy attended a Japanese school in Shenzhen and was a Japanese citizen. His father is Japanese, and his mother is Chinese. Around 8 a.m. on Wednesday, he was stabbed by a man on a sidewalk about 200 meters from the school gate.
In response, the CCP realized its shortcomings and then voluntarily and unconditionally resumed the import of Japanese seafood products. This marks the first relaxation of restrictions since the dumping of Fukushima nuclear wastewater in August last year. However, giving a slap and offering candy, and now causing death and offering candy again, who would buy it?
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian emphasized multiple times that “this is an isolated case that could happen in any country”. Previously, during the stabbing of a Japanese schoolchild and the killing of Hu Youping incident in Suzhou, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maoning also stressed that “this is an isolated incident” and that “China remains one of the safest countries in the world”. Nevertheless, on September 18, another similar attack on a Japanese person occurred, causing the death of a child. According to Nikkei Chinese website, the Japanese school in Beijing has sent a message to parents urging them to “avoid speaking loudly in Japanese in public places” and “not to let children go out alone”.
Professor Yang Haiying from the University of Shizuoka in Japan told Radio Free Asia that this incident has caused a significant stir in Japanese politics: “Currently, whether left-wing, right-wing, conservative, or liberal, Japanese society is extremely angry about this incident. With the ongoing election of the Liberal Democratic Party president, the winner will automatically become the prime minister of the next government. At the same time, the largest opposition party is also holding elections, and they are sure to propose some hardline slogans against China (the CCP).”
After the incident, all leading Liberal Democratic Party candidates have expressed their opinions on the matter, and the current top three leading candidates have not shown friendly attitudes towards China.
Former Japanese Ambassador to Australia Masago Yamakami wrote on X, “This is the result of long-term (anti-Japanese) school education and aggressive rhetoric under recent wolf-warrior diplomacy.” He suggested that such attacks were one of the reasons Japanese companies were reconsidering investments in China.
Researcher Lin Quanzhong from the Institute of Oriental Culture at the University of Tokyo stated, “In recent years, there has been a rumor in Japanese society that Japanese people are not safe going to China, that they may be checked, or that they may encounter unfavorable circumstances. The occurrence of such incidents undoubtedly confirms this claim.” Due to previous incidents where invited Japanese scholars visiting China were taken away by the police from hotels arranged by the authorities, comments such as “Do not go to China as much as possible” have become the mainstream opinion in Japanese society.
This is the third attack on foreigners in China in recent months. Apart from the attack on a Japanese school bus in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province on June 24 where a Japanese mother and son were injured, and Hu Youping, a Chinese national, died, on June 10, four teachers from Cornell College in Iowa were stabbed by a man in a park in Jilin.
Following the incident, several Chinese official media outlets reported on it but subsequently deleted the reports. For instance, Caixin, Ifeng, Yicai, and Global Times selected to delete the reports. At the same time, the public spontaneously offered flowers in mourning for the victimized boy, with someone writing, “Child, I’m sorry, from the people of Shenzhen”, “feeling sad for the child, apologizing for an absolute silence. A Chinese journalist.”
It is not just Japanese scholars who hold this view, many Chinese online communities also believe that the assailant was influenced by extreme patriotic propaganda. The incident occurred on September 18th, which is also emphasized as “918 National Humiliation Day” by the CCP — “Never forget the national humiliation, revitalize China”.
Some Chinese netizens found numerous “don’t forget the national humiliation” themed videos on the Douyin platform in 2024, with many recording short clips of Japanese schools in various parts of China. These videos often question the large scale of Japanese schools, alleging that they only admit Japanese but not Chinese students, and implying dissatisfaction with what is being taught, as if harboring a sentiment of “being occupied by Japanese”. However, these Japanese schools in China are legally established and operate in the same way as schools in other countries, and there is nothing special about them.
The CCP is able to control propaganda narratives, manipulate people’s emotions and sentiments, using hateful propaganda to shift conflicts. It believes itself to be clever, adept at manipulating the people, oblivious to the fact that the repercussions of harm will eventually fall back on itself.
Zhao Ziyang’s former adviser, now a senior researcher at Stanford University’s China Economic and Institutional Research Center, Wu Guoguang, recently noted on the podcast “Not Understand”, that since Xi Jinping took over as the top leader of the CCP in 2012, through a series of political, economic reforms, and anti-corruption campaigns, he gradually consolidated his leadership position, with his power reaching unprecedented heights, surpassing even Mao Zedong.
Mao Zedong initially held positions in the party, government, and military early on but soon became chairman of the party and the military commission. Xi Jinping is not only the president of the country but also the chairman of all committees, as well as the “chief economist”, “chief political scientist”, and “chief environmental scientist” of the CCP.
Wu Guoguang stated that the prospect of Xi Jinping establishing a lifelong system is visible, but he also faces the problem of succession. Subsequently, the highest political power of the CCP is likely to return to a hereditary system.
Wu Guoguang analyzed that based on common experiences in East Asia, who can tell under East Asian authoritarianism, apart from military coups and military dictatorship, are there other ways to solve this hereditary issue? North Korea is already in its third generation, and Kim Jong-un ascended to power at a young age. The reason Mao Zedong did not establish a hereditary system was that his eldest son, Mao Anying, died in the Korean War.
Wu Guoguang further pointed out that beyond Mao’s time, the CCP had developed various ways to address the issue of succession, all of which have been shattered by Xi Jinping. The alternate succession of Cadres has now failed, and Hu Chunhua had been sidelined by him a long time ago. Xi is not interested in selecting his successor.
Freelance writer Du Zheng also stated, “Xi’s faction is not an iron-clad bloc, especially when those with knives are more aggressive, such as Wang Xiaohong who controls high-ranking officials in the Special Service Bureau and Minister of State Security Chen Yixin, who recently gained prominence and vowed to ‘eliminate traitors’. In his lifetime, they vied for his favor, each had their own ulterior motives, and if Xi suddenly collapses, they will compete for power.”
The article believes that after Xi Jinping, perhaps no one else will have the opportunity to succeed him. Judging from the current political situation in China, the frequent chaos in the CCP governance, the ship with numerous troubles will not withstand the continued turmoil. It can be imagined that if Xi dies, the outbreak of internal turmoil within the CCP is inevitable, and Xi essentially takes the CCP regime down with him.
In fact, the CCP’s red regime has come to its twilight. A sign of the last dynasty is the inability to find a successor. Afterwards, whoever takes power will have to reckon with the evils committed by the CCP throughout history.
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