Why Must Xi Jinping Take Down Wang Huning?

This episode is hosted by Hu Liren, who analyzes the political situation of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the power struggles among its top leadership. The host points out that, in addition to Cai Qi, the key figure Xi Jinping must take down in the future is, first and foremost, Wang Huning. The program provides a detailed review of Wang Huning's early experience in the Department of International Politics at Fudan University and his background in intelligence training under the state security system. It highlights that as a veteran of three administrations and an invisible personnel manager, Wang has provided theoretical backing for the CCP's centralization of power and lockdown policies, while possessing formidable organizational skills and political acumen. The host argues that Wang Huning poses a significant potential threat to Xi Jinping and predicts that Xi will inevitably eliminate him completely before introducing a successor.

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Hello, audience friends. Today's live broadcast has begun. Today, we will talk about some people in the current CCP political situation whom Xi Jinping must take down. He took down Wang Qishan a couple of days ago, which I think is not surprising; it is something he had to do. There is another very important, very critical figure. I have mentioned Cai Qi before; he is someone dancing on the tip of a knife. Cai Qi knows too much. From the perspective of Xi Jinping's operational level, Cai Qi is someone Xi Jinping must take down in the future; this is beyond doubt. There is another person, and that person is Wang Huning. Everyone knows what Wang Huning does, right? Everyone calls him a veteran of three administrations. He was originally from Fudan University in Shanghai, and I have several friends who know him.

This Wang Huning was originally in the Department of International Politics. International Politics was probably called the Department of International Politics in the 1980s, later it was called the School of International Politics, and now it is called the School of International Relations or something. The Department of International Politics is actually an espionage agency, an institution that trains spies. When he was involved with the Department of International Politics back then, it was in cooperation with the Shanghai State Security Bureau. The headquarters of the State Security Bureau is in Beijing, but a large number of its personnel are in Shanghai. Because after Shanghai began to open up, the first stop for foreigners coming to China was often Shanghai, and Shanghai itself was positioned as an international metropolis. Beijing mainly dealt with people from embassies, but Shanghai was different. People from major foreign embassies often came to China to gather intelligence; these people were spies themselves. But Shanghai was different. After international personnel entered Shanghai, they often needed to be constantly tracked. There were quite a lot of people coming in at that time. Because China had been closed for decades, many national intelligence personnel needed to know various situations in China. Of course, China, or the Communist Party, also needed to constantly infiltrate outward and understand the situation of the world. At that time, China lacked many things and needed to send agents and spies to the whole world. These spies were often either overt, like embassy staff, or covert, under the guise of scholars or international students. To reach such a level, one must undergo professional training. The Department of International Politics at that time was a four-year program. I knew several people who were admitted to the Department of International Politics at that time, and their teacher, Wang Huning, was the department head of the Department of International Politics.

Wang Huning actually has a political background; he is the child of a high-ranking official. His family originally came from Laizhou, Shandong, similar to the southern-bound cadres of that era, and later moved to Shanghai. He was born in 1955, right as his parents fought their way to Shanghai and settled down there, which is where he was born and stayed. In the early 1980s, entering the Department of International Politics required strict political vetting; without it, you simply could not get in. People like us, whose families were previously labeled among the Five Black Categories—landlords, rich farmers, counterrevolutionaries, bad influencers, and rightists—couldn't get our children in at all. Therefore, at that time, his entry into the Department of International Politics was a combination of exams and recommendations. They studied for three years, and their final year was spent at a special state security base, specifically a training base for cultivating secret agents, located on Jianguo Road near Yueyang Road. Wang Huning was mainly engaged in training spies; he was actually someone akin to a secret agent. He was quite good at theoretical matters and was very well-versed in various aspects of international relations. But what was his main purpose? His primary goal was to ensure the legitimacy of the Communist Party's regime and continuously collect intelligence from overseas. His work later led him to be recruited to Beijing by Jiang Zemin and Zhu Rongji in 1995. Since 1995, he has consistently worked in Beijing at the CCP Central Policy Research Office, mainly researching policy matters and submitting political reports to the central authorities every year regarding how the Communist Party should ultimately develop. While studying Deng Xiaoping's so-called theories of reform and opening up, he also had to maintain the absolute leadership of the Communist Party. Gradually, people realized that Wang Huning is actually the figure who truly influences Chinese politics.

Have you all noticed that Xi Jinping is actually deeply regretful to this day? His pressure is getting heavier and heavier, and he is growing older. Dictators often find that the further they go, the greater their personal risks become. Look at how the entire country is messed up now; of course he knows. In fact, Xi Jinping is already deeply regretful by now, and his own life is completely abnormal. He originally had a normal life path—holding a post within the Communist Party and then retiring at home—but now it is different; now he is working while battling illness. Look, yesterday he appeared again. During this period, Xi Jinping often disappears for more than ten days after going out briefly, spends a day doing intensive work, and then goes back to recuperate. Yesterday, Xi Jinping seemed to receive a foreign leader for a very short time, receiving two batches of visitors, and then attended a health conference, bringing all the members of the Standing Committee with him.

There are a few points regarding Wang Huning that Xi Jinping must deal with. First, Wang Huning has made indispensable contributions to Xi Jinping reaching the state he is in today. At the time, he had already seen that the Communist Party was facing certain crises; actually, such crises are very natural, and you could just let them resolve themselves naturally. But he used abnormal means—methods of plundering wealth—and ultimately revived it. The things like city lockdowns that you all see now actually bear Wang Huning's shadow. Wang Huning theoretically established how the Communist Party should centralize power, under which circumstances it became necessary to sacrifice the economy and people's livelihood, returning once again to a state of centralized power. Therefore, Wang Huning bears responsibility for Xi Jinping walking down this road of dictatorship today.

Secondly, Wang Huning poses another danger: he is a veteran of three administrations and is actually an invisible personnel chief within the Communist Party. Whatever personnel Xi Jinping wants to use, or the CCP Central Committee Organization Department wants to use—especially at the provincial and ministerial levels—the political vetting of all these people must go through Wang Huning. Xi Jinping consults Wang Huning on many matters. Wang Huning is like the minister of the Organization Department; the person who truly decides and puts a checkmark on these people is Wang Huning himself. Therefore, after many years within the Communist Party, Wang Huning is very familiar with the figures and possesses organizational capabilities. Thirdly, as a veteran of three administrations, he is familiar with and understands all kinds of factions. If Xi Jinping were to fall now and Wang Huning were to take over, it is very likely that he would be fully capable of taking over the regime politically. His ability to take over the regime far exceeds that of all the people Xi Jinping brought with him from Fujian and Zhejiang; those people have no such capability. Wang Huning has excellent eloquence; he comes from an academic background and has a very good theoretical foundation. He can persuade people; he is a lobbyist, much like Zhuge Liang back in the day. As for Cai Qi within the Communist Party and within Xi Jinping's inner circle, what kind of person is Cai Qi? He is like an assassin or Zhang Fei from back in the day. But the one who can truly shoulder the heavy burden is someone like Zhuge Liang. Many people inside call him the "little Zhuge." Once Xi Jinping falls, he can call the shots; he can call the shots in the political arena. If someone with military power were to cooperate with him, this regime would be seized in an instant. Wang Huning is two years younger than Xi Jinping; he was born in 1955, while Xi Jinping was born in 1953. He still has physical capital. However, such a person is relatively dangerous. I have been saying for the past two days that within the Communist Party, whoever Xi Jinping wants to eliminate and whoever Xi Jinping's future successor uses must be newcomers. Everyone is talking about elder politics now; only the elders would pose a challenge to Xi Jinping. Hu Jintao has already stepped down, so the people under Hu Jintao are of no use. Once Hu Jintao is done, he is done, with no influence. Once Wen Jiabao is done, he is done, with no influence. Therefore, for a person like Wang Huning, if Xi Jinping wants to push his own people up, he must eliminate him and make him completely promoted or completely disappear. As long as he is still in this world and still out there, these people have influence, and that influence is enormous. Wang Huning is a very important person in the current political arena. If Xi Jinping does not get rid of him, then Xi Jinping's successor will face huge risks, and Wang Huning is entirely capable of challenging him. This has nothing to do with his relationship with Xi Jinping; within the Communist Party, everyone is actually an enemy, and there are no personal relationships whatsoever. Look at Li Keqiang and Hu Jintao—they were supposed to have a personal relationship, right? When Li Keqiang was taken down and disposed of, did Hu Jintao utter a single sound? Completely no sound. These people ultimately just look out for themselves; this is what these people inside the Communist Party are like. As soon as Xi's banner falls, they look to see which banner will be raised next, and immediately lean toward that banner and take a stand. Wang Huning can be said to be an invisible banner; he is lurking. Moreover, Wang Huning has survived three administrations without falling; just think about what kind of person he is. He is a person who can act like a deity and also act like a dog; such a person is extremely dangerous. He knows how to play the fool, and he manages his political machinations and network so well that everyone thinks he doesn't belong to any particular faction, yet whenever any faction comes to power, he supports it. He uses his academic expertise as a talisman. Ultimately, it is very likely that a person like Wang Huning, upon finally cooperating with someone holding military power, will take back this regime. Up to now, Wang Huning is also very clear that Xi Jinping cannot go on and has failed himself. If Xi Jinping has reached today's state and can no longer go on, the primary responsible person is Wang Huning, who gave Xi Jinping too many ideas. Look at how high he raised Wang Huning—to the position of Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), and now Wang Huning is the fourth-ranking official. Wang Huning actually has no major political achievements; he is the strategist behind the scenes, not charging into battle like generals fighting on the battlefield. This person is deeply calculating and someone Xi Jinping must guard against. Ah, it is very likely that Xi's regime will one day be destroyed in the hands of such a person, which is why Wang Huning is very, very dangerous.

I have a friend whose relative is at the deputy national level and is currently serving as a Vice Chairman of the CPPCC under Wang Huning. When they make phone calls to their family, they dare not say anything at all. These people are all living with their tails between their legs, and everything is being monitored. He told his own relatives not to discuss anything over the phone. A friend of mine who is extremely close to him talks to him on the phone, but they don't discuss anything; he just tells him, 'I'm coming to Beijing once,' and that's it—just one sentence. The whereabouts of these people are very mysterious; they don't even dare to go home. You could say these people have no relatives, yet all their relatives below them rely on them for a living. Are these people in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) corrupt? I will tell the story of this person: the whole family is a case of 'when one person gets an official position, all their relatives get promoted.' Why was Wang Qishan targeted? Because of women? Because of money? That is a huge joke. When the CCP purges its own, it has nothing to do with corruption or decadent lifestyles; it is absolutely not like that. They only have one priority: politics comes first. Xi Jinping has always been talking about politics first. When politics requires you to sacrifice, if Wang Huning is taken down one day, it will also be for politics first, which is a political necessity. If you become a dangerous person politically and I need to take you down, then you are essentially sacrificing yourself for the CCP. This is the law of the CCP. Wasn't Chen Liangyu also taken down for political reasons? It is exactly the same. Hu Yaobang and Zhao Ziyang were taken down, Hua Guofeng was taken down—did these people have any economic or lifestyle issues? None at all. It was just that you were required to sacrifice, so you had to sacrifice. Therefore, it is very likely that Wang Huning is one of these two people. The two people I predict are, one, Wang Huning—it is just a matter of time; and two, Cai Qi. Before Xi Jinping introduces his successor and before the successor takes office, these two people must completely disappear; either they will be 'promoted' to a high position or they will be directly 'steamed' (purged). The CCP's methods of dealing with people are just these things. Thank you all for watching, and let's wait and see. Everyone, remember: you must never step into the pit that is the CCP; if you step in, you are finished. Thank you for watching, and see you in the next episode.