Zhao Lijian’s ‘niece’ gives him a headache showing off her wealth

Zhou Laixian's niece gives him a headache showing off her wealth Recently, Chinese social media has been rocked by displays of wealth from the relatives of high-ranking CCP officials. On August 27, the fact that Zhou Laixian's niece was suspected of showing off her wealth sparked heated discussions. Laixian is the deputy director of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Information Department. A bank statement that she posted shows individual deposits of 53.84 million yuan, 8.72 million yuan, and 17.44 million yuan, totaling 80 million yuan, 11.57 million dollars in cash in just one day. Currently, all posts to her TikTok account have been deleted, drawing public attention. According to netizens, the Douyin account Chengchen Sabrina, Chengchen, English name is Sabrina, is Zhou Laixian's niece. She often brags about her wealth online. She claimed that her annual spending in 2021 was up in the tens of millions yuan, 1.33 million dollars. The transferred lucky money alone was more than 9.19 million yuan. At the same time, she often shows the branded items she owns. Chengchen Sabrina also posted a number of non-public photos of a Beijing Hall meeting and other official meetings, including of CCP officials after they had attended party meetings. It is worth noting that a photo of Zhou posted in January 2021 is suspected to have been taken during a high-profile event. The caption of a screenshot of the video, Congratulations on the 11th anniversary of my uncle's inauguration, currently the Deputy Director of the General Department of Information of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Rumors have it that Chengchen Sabrina studied in the United States. She once posted a short video of herself participating in activities in the US. This display of wealth drew attention from the outside world. Chengchen Sabrina has deleted the Douyin account contents, and the screenshots of her account have been blocked on Chinese social platforms. However, apart from the information revealed in this photo, there is currently no other evidence that this girl is Zhou's biological niece. However, the fact that she deleted the post on her Douyin account has caused many netizens to question, saying that they could smell something obviously wrong with her deleting the posts. Sound of Hope cited netizens' comments that Chengchen Sabrina may not be Mr. Zhou Lixin's biological niece but could be the child of an acquaintance, but it can be seen that the two have a very good relationship. Some netizens wanted to know, isn't deleting posts from a Douyin destroying evidence? We don't know if she's Zhou's niece or not, but destroying the posts seems to imply she must be a child from a powerful family. Sound of Hope said that in recent times, social networks have been constantly concerned about officials displaying their wealth. Netizens are increasingly frustrated by the one-party system. In July, a man named Zhou Ji of Jiangxi Province caught the attention of netizens. Reportedly, between 2019 and 2021, he bragged on WeChat about his wealth and often showed He pointed to his extensive connections to local business and political circles, although he himself is just an ordinary employee of Jiangxi Province State Capital Operating Corporation. And in August, Zhang Shijia, a 14-year-old Beijing teenager, came famous for flaunting his wealth online. He claims to be a descendant of Deng Pufang, the son of Deng Xiaoping, who bought a Lamborghini at a young age, attracting the attention of countless netizens. Zhang's TikTok account was later deleted and his Weibo account appears to be locked. The descendants of CCP officials and those in power cannot be separated from the privileges they receive. Hu Xingdao, a Chinese scholar of economic and social affairs and an economics professor at the Beijing Institute of Technology, told VOA that privilege in China is the greatest contradiction in Chinese society. It is the conflict between the powerful and the powerless. In China, inequality and injustice can be seen everywhere, from the disparity between urban and rural areas, to pension benefits, health resources, university education, and employment, all related to privilege. But Hu said that the Chinese Communist Party has no way to abolish this privileged society because the planned economy or the state-led economy gave economic resources to senior officials. At the same time, the economy also operates under the direction of the administrative orders based on the instructions of officials and written instructions. These executive orders are larger than the law. The media is in the hands of the officials at all levels and only praise what they do. This kind of economy inevitably leads to corruption.