After two professors from the South China University of Technology allegedly called to end the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) rule, there is now another article circulating on the internet which was allegedly written by a Chinese scholar and calls for political reform and the end of the the CCP.

On May 13, the overseas Chinese-language media outlet Yibao published an article titled “Deadlock Without a Solution, a System Beyond Salvation,” authored under the name of Zhang Yingjie, an Associate Professor at Peking University’s Guanghua School of Management,

The article stated,

• People laughed when the National Bureau of Statisticsannounced China’s 2024 GDP growth as “5 percent” (because they knew it was a fake number).
• “There’s a scholar in the U.S. named Miles Yu (Yu Maochun), and his most famous saying is that the Chinese Communist regime should be distinguished from the Chinese people – a viewpoint that really makes sense.”
• The CCP is best at “drawing big pies” (making empty promises). They also keep “flipping the pancakes” (referring to their endless policy reversals). This left the regime with zero credibility and no confidence from the public.
• China has gone from consistent 10 percent annual GDP growth to now struggling to maintain even 5 percent. The root cause lies in a contradiction between the economic base and the political superstructure. The previous leadership saw this problem clearly. As former Premier Wen Jiabao put it, “Without the success of political reform, economic reform cannot be carried through to the end.”
• The author’s solution to fix China’s problem is in line with what the vast majority of Chinese people hope for: Political System Reform!

Yibao’s editorial team later released a statement saying that they couldn’t verify the authenticity of the author, but felt the article was a strong piece. Thus, they decided to publish the article while removing the final sentence – “Xi Jinping and his Communist Party should step down as soon as possible!” – to protect the author’s safety. Then on May 14, they received an email signed by Zhang Yingjie, claiming that the article had falsely used her name and asked to remove it. After verifying that the message came from Professor Zhang’s own email address, Yibao retracted the article.

Sources:
1. Liberty Times, May 15, 2025
https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/world/breakingnews/5042984
2. Yibao
https://yibaochina.com/?p=255794