China's Stability Maintenance Expenditure Has Doubled Over The Last Decade

Welcome to Sound of Hope News, I'm Golden Li. China's national stability maintenance spending has more than doubled over the last decade. The Chinese Communist Party spent about 210 billion dollars on maintaining national stability in 2020, which is more than they spent on their military budget for the year. Various government practices in the past year have showed signs of even more rigid controls of the Chinese society. Chinese President Xi Jinping has taken a harsh, zero tolerance stance on corruption ever since he took office in 2012. Today, that attitude of zero tolerance has extended to all areas of national stability. China's zero tolerance policy on COVID has caused draconian lockdowns of entire cities, including, in some cases, authorities locking down people inside their homes. In the recent lockdown in Shanghai, police would arrest civilians who refused to comply. The Shanghai Public Security Bureau touted their so-called achievements during the lockdown and claimed that zero crimes was just around the corner. To aid them in their efforts, they installed surveillance cameras in all residential and commercial buildings in the name of security maintenance. This wanton spending in an effort to control its population is pushing China's national stability budget higher than its military's. The CCP's policy of maintaining national stability has also hit Hong Kong. The Deputy Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Institute of Public Opinion, Zhong Jianhua, was interviewed three times by Hong Kong Police's National Security Office. He announced in April that he was leaving Hong Kong, posting on the internet, Hong Kong is no longer able to stun the truth, only lies.