Wei Jingsheng Foundation News and Article: A1238-W856

魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A1238-W856

Release Date: August 31, 2019

发布日：2019年8月31日

Topic: On the Opening Day of School, Talk Is About Prices in China -- Wei Jingsheng

标题：开学之日谈物价 -- 魏京生

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On the Opening Day of School, Talk Is About Prices in China

-- Wei Jingsheng

September 1st is the opening day of school in China. The new semester begins, and parents want their children to study hard, so they need to replenish their nutrition. Regrettably, this year is not as good as the previous years. Pork, the meat that the Chinese consume the most, is in trouble. Domestic pigs have African Swine Fever, while pork from foreign countries are not allowed to be imported. As price of meat soars, most food prices have risen in China. Even amounts allowed to be purchased are limited, so people cannot buy even if they have the money. This reminds me of the difficult three years of the Great Chinese Famine (from 1959 to 1961).

That difficult three years of the Great Chinese Famine was because the Communist regime wanted to make the Great Leap Forward. On one side, the regime squandered food, while on the other side, it forcefully exported large quantities of grain to the Soviet Union, even though the Soviet Union did not want it. The purpose of doing so was to make sure that there would be no food to relieve the disaster when it struck, thus could push the responsibility of starving people towards the top leader Mao Zedong. It was the internal struggle within the Communist Party that led to the catastrophe of tens of millions of Chinese starving to death.

It is hard for young people now to imagine the misery of that time. At that time, even people in the cities could hardly imagine it. The city dwellers already felt miserable enough when there was no meat to eat. Only when I went to the countryside and returned to my hometown in Anhui, did I see the reality of all people of whole villages starved to death, and heard the folks describe the horrors of cannibalism. Now I feel chills when I heard that President Xi Jinping is calling everyone to graze grass without meat.

What is the reason of the meat shortage now? It is still because of the internal struggle of the Communist Party and its ideal of the revolution in the whole world. In order not to surrender to the United States, the Communist regime stopped importing meat and food; in order to maintain unfair trade with the United States, the Communist regime introduced the African Swine Fever from Russia. This resulted in the drop of pork prices in the USA, even to only a fraction of prices in China. Yet, the Chinese people can't even buy pork at a high price, and other foods prices rise at the same time. The money in the hands of ordinary Chinese has shrunk dramatically.

For ordinary people who make up the majority of the population in China, daily food consumption is the major expense. The so-called middle class does not want their children to return to the era of grazing grasses. Of course it makes for indifference to the wealthy and corrupted officials. What these officials want is to fight trade with the United States and continue to make a fortune by stealing and robbing. Then, they send their wallets, wives, children and mistresses to safety. The lives and deaths of the ordinary Chinese have nothing to do with them.

This Chinese Communist Party, a dictatorial autocratic party, never had a bottom line during their internal fights. They would not stop fighting until one side is destroyed. They care of nothing above their internal fights. Just like in the Great Chinese Famine period, they would do anything to achieve their political goals. Regardless whether the black cats or the white cats, they can use whatever means and not care of the deaths of tens of millions of ordinary Chinese.

Now the problem is only that there is no meat to eat. However, it seems that no meat to eat has yet to achieve its purpose. Then the Communist regime will take additional measures. There are only actions left that people cannot even think of, but no action that the Communist regime does not dare to do. In the end, they do not care if the whole country goes to chaos, with Chinese unable to survive. They only treasure their own lives, that they view as more precious than the lives of tens of millions of ordinary Chinese. There have always been such a group of villains within the Communist Party that have been ruthlessly attacking each other with cruel struggles. This is determined by the cult theory of their Communism.

Now, I have to say a few good words of my old neighbor Liu He. Some of the sensible officials represented by him are still working hard to resolve the trade war with the United States and hope that there will be fair and normal trade relations with the United States to save the Chinese people from the dangerous situation.

There are even a larger number of Chinese officials opposed to the use of force in Hong Kong. Once the June 4th massacre in Tiananmen Square is repeated in Hong Kong, more severe sanctions than the sanctions imposed 30 years ago would be imposed. By then, the Chinese economy would lose its connection with the world, and collapse would be inevitable. It is not necessarily an exaggeration to say that everything is returning to the state when the World War II ended. And it is not impossible for China to return to the Great Chinese Famine years.

Don't think that China can still return to the self-sufficient time of Mao Zedong era. The times are different. Modern society and people, as well as production structures, cannot go back to 50 years ago. When forced to cut off from the connection with the world, the Chinese economy can only collapse. Even if Xi Jinping's conspiracy succeeded, with the trade war dragging down Trump's presidency, will the next US president still be as easily cheated as Trump?

The so-called strategists who have such delusions can only be the mentally retarded strategists that are produced by the reverse elimination. Most of the demise of authoritarian states in history was due to the fact that idiots produced by reverse elimination occupied the decision-making positions, leading to the powerful countries repeatedly losing to the weak and small enemies. Moreover, the United States is not a weak enemy. Does the Chinese Communist regime still have a chance of winning?

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(Written and recorded on August 28, 2019. Broadcasted by Radio Free Asia.)

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Wei Jingsheng Foundation News and Article: A1238-W856

魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A1238-W856

Release Date: August 31, 2019

发布日：2019年8月31日

Topic: On the Opening Day of School, Talk Is About Prices in China -- Wei Jingsheng

标题：开学之日谈物价 -- 魏京生

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开学之日谈物价

-- 魏京生

九月一号是中国开学的日子。新学期开始了，家长们都希望孩子能好好学习，因此为他们加劲儿补充营养。遗憾的是今年不如往年，中国人消费最多的猪肉，陷入了困境。国内闹猪瘟，国外的不让进口，一时间肉价飞涨带动了大多数食品价格上涨；甚至限购，有钱也买不到。这让我想起了三年困难时期。

三年困难时期，是因为共产党搞大跃进。中共一边在糟蹋粮食；一边硬把大量粮食出口到苏联。人家不要还硬是塞给人家，为的是灾荒来到的时候没有救灾粮，可以把饿死人的责任推给最高领导人毛泽东。是共产党的内斗导致了饿死几千万人的大灾难。

现在的年轻人已经很难想象当时的凄惨。当时即使我们城里人也很难想象，只不过是没有肉吃，觉得已经够惨的了。我上山下乡回到老家安徽，才亲眼看到整村的人都饿死光了，听到乡亲们描述人吃人的惨象。现在听到习主席号召大家吃草，有点儿让人不寒而栗。

现在的没肉吃是因为什么呢？还是因为共产党的内斗和世界革命的理想。为了不向美国屈服，中共就停止进口肉类和粮食；为了坚持和美国的不公平贸易，就从俄国引进了非洲猪瘟。导致了美国肉类降价，甚至只有中国的几分之一。而中国人民即使出高价也买不到肉，并且很多食品同步涨价，老百姓手里的钱大幅度缩水。

对占人口绝大多数的普通老百姓来说，日常食品消费是支出的大头。就是所谓的中产阶级，也不会愿意他们的孩子回到吃草的时代。大富大贵的贪官污吏奸商们当然无所谓，他们要的是和美国打贸易战，继续连偷带抢地发大财。然后把他们的钱包、老婆、孩子和二奶都送到安全地带。老百姓的死活和他们有什么关系呢？

中共这个独裁专制的政党，内斗起来从来就没有底线。他们不斗个你死我活绝不善罢甘休，而且为了内斗从来就无所顾忌。就像三年困难时期一样，只要能达到他们的政治目的，什么手段都可以上。不管黑猫白猫，他们可以不择手段，死几千万老百姓他们连眼皮都不会眨一眨。

现在还只是没肉吃，看来没肉吃还没有达到目的。那就层层加码，只有人们想不到的，没有他们干不出来的。最终是不是天下大乱民不聊生，就不好说了。反正他们自己的命比几千万老百姓的命更宝贵。共产党里从来就有这么一批残酷斗争无情打击的恶棍，这是他们的邪教理论所决定的。

我不得不为老邻居刘鹤说几句好话了。以他为代表的一些尚存理智的官员，仍在努力解决和美国的贸易战。希望能和美国有公平正常的贸易关系，解救中国人民于倒悬之间。

更有一大批官员反对在香港动武。一旦在香港重复天安门广场的屠杀，所得到的只能是比三十年前的制裁更严厉的制裁。到那时，中国的经济失去了和世界的联系，崩溃就是必然。说一夜回到解放前不一定就夸张，说回到三年困难时期也不是没有可能。

不要以为还能回到自给自足的毛泽东时代。时代不同了，现代的社会和人民以及生产结构，都无法回到五十年前。强制切断和世界的联系，中国经济就只能崩溃。即使习近平的阴谋成功了，贸易战拖垮了川普总统，下一届总统还会像川普这样容易被骗吗？

有这种妄想的所谓战略家，只能是逆淘汰产生的弱智战略家。历史上的专制国家灭亡，大多都是因为逆淘汰产生的蠢货占据了决策地位，导致强大的国家屡屡败给了弱小的敌人。何况美国并不是弱小的敌人，中国共产党还有胜算吗？

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