If not Xi Jinping, who is ruling China now?

Hi everyone, welcome to Lei's Real Talk. It's weekend again. I can't believe another week has flown by. All right, it's weekend. It's Lei's Saturday Night Live. Welcome, welcome to my program. All right, so the question is, the million-dollar question, is Xi Jinping still ruling China? Well, it may appear so, but he's likely just a figurehead based on the latest development we've seen in Chinese politics. You may say, Lei, didn't you just talk about this in the last program? And also, the week before, you devoted three of your live streams to talk about this. Yes, I did. But I have new information now, and it's worth your time. I don't think people have paid enough attention on the latest political development in Beijing. Earlier today, Israel launched an airstrike on Iran, raising urgent concerns about the potential outbreak of a full-scale war in the Middle East. Meanwhile, North Korea's involvement in sending troops increased the risk of escalation in the war in Ukraine. The BRICS summit that just concluded in Russia provided a rare opportunity for the leaders of China, Russia, Iran, and Palestine to meet. Putin publicly warned that a full-scale war in the Middle East is imminent, and so it appears that conflicts in Europe and the Middle East are increasingly interconnected. By the way, I want to share with you a picture that I saw today that made me laugh. I was actually feeling a little under the weather because it was freezing. But then I saw this picture, and it just really made me laugh. It's called The New Journey to the West. Anyways, for those of you who are familiar with the Chinese classic novel Journey to the West, there are four characters—the Pigsy, the Monkey King. So, Xi Jinping is the pig, Putin is the Monkey King, Kim Jong-un is the monk, the leader of the pack, and then the Iranian leader is Sandy the Org. So, that was just something funny I want to share with you. But there is widespread concern in the West that if any conflict, whether in Russia, whether in Ukraine or the Middle East, escalates, it could trigger a World War III, with the Chinese regime possibly seizing the opportunity to attack Taiwan. But I think people are too consumed in these geopolitical developments, and they haven't paid attention to the core issues that can drive the directions of the next geopolitical development. So, what I want to say is, amid these shifting geopolitical developments, two powerful adversaries, China and the United States, remain at the center of these conflicts. Now, both countries are at pivotal political turning points. The U.S. is less than 10 days away from the 2024 presidential election. Anxiety, as well as enthusiasm, are at an all-time high in this final stretch. Regardless of the outcome, the country will undergo significant changes, pulling in two sharply divergent directions, of course. Similarly, China is also standing at a crossroads, with Xi Jinping likely fulfilling ceremonial duties of a leader due to a coup. What's happening in China is equally important. Unlike American politics, which plays out in open, Chinese politics unfold in a black box, so it's not apparent. Although there are so many signs showing that Xi Jinping has lost power, no mainstream media is discussing it. I believe the is still not fully understood in the West. That's why I want to start this talk by giving you the reason why I think it's important and why I have devoted so many programs to this topic, because it can change a lot of things should Xi Jinping step down. Now, with that said, I think there are two countries that have already understood the changes. There are Russia and Vietnam. Today, I just discussed the significance of understanding the CCP internal power struggles, and then I will discuss Putin's lukewarm reception of Xi Jinping at the BRICS summit, followed by Zhang Youxia's state-level reception in Vietnam. Then, last but not least, I'll discuss the coup and Xi Jinping's reaction to that. First things first, the first unusual sign or signal occurred at the BRICS summit was Xi Jinping's arrival. When he arrived in Kazan, Russia, he was received by the head of the republic of Tatarstan. I think they changed the name from president to head. I think Putin passed a law to forbid the president of the republic to hold the title of president, because only he's allowed to be the president. So, they changed the title to the head. There you have the head of the republic, the prime minister of the republic, and the mayor of Kazan there receiving Xi Jinping. Now, the level of courtesy is a downgrade from the past. When Xi Jinping visited Russia, he was at least greeted by a federal-level official, such as the deputy prime minister. This time, however, there's no federal-level official at the airport. For comparison, let's consider Xi Jinping's visit to San Francisco last November for the APEC summit. At the airport, he was greeted by California governor Gavin Newsom, because he was the host. That's where the meeting, the summit took place. But joining Gavin Newsom was US ambassador to China, Nicholas Burns, who arrived in San Francisco ahead of Xi, and Treasury Secretary Jenna Yellen. Now, both BRICS and APEC are multilateral summits, so Xi Jinping's visit to San Francisco and to Kazan, Russia are similar in nature. The reception Xi received in Kazan was of a lower caliber than what he got in San Francisco last year. So ironically, adversary USA extended more respect and courtesy to Xi Jinping than his ally Russia did. Also, the interaction between Putin and Xi at the summit was only lukewarm. Do I have a picture? I do. Oh, here we go. This is funny. When Putin met with South African leader Ramaphosa and Indian Prime Minister Modi, he warmly embraced them, laughing and chatting. However, with Xi Jinping, here I have a picture, the best friends looked a little uneasy and distant. Yeah, he looked a little reserved, they only smiled and shook hands. Now this stands in contrast to May of this year, when Putin visited China, Xi Jinping gave him a big bear hug before his departure. So in 5 months, the chemistry between the two leaders seems to have shifted noticeably. Did Putin know something that the rest of the world doesn't? Well, in my last program, I mentioned a soft coup, but I never formally acknowledged what it was because I didn't want to overemphasize it because I couldn't verify it. It was a theory that has persisted for the past couple of months. But now, with more information coming out, I don't think I can ignore that. And I must say that the whole idea of a coup seems to be real. Although it's impossible to verify that, we can only give it more time to see. But with everything that has happened in the past two days, even on Thursday, when I did the program on how Zhang Youxia is now the PLA commander, I didn't even have as much information as I do today to talk about the coup. So at the center of the coup is Xi Jinping's vice chairman of CMC, Zhang Youxia. In my last program, I laid out all the facts that suggest Zhang Youxia is now the de facto commander of the Chinese military. But there's now more information, or there's information suggesting that Zhang's role is more than a military commander. All right, let me move on. So let's talk about his visit to Vietnam. From October 24 to 26, Zhang Youxia visited Vietnam. He was invited by General Phan Van Giang, who is the vice secretary of the Central Military Commission of Vietnam. So he's his counterpart. Now, Vice Secretary Giang is also Vietnam's defense minister. And he hosted an elaborate welcoming ceremony for Zhang Youxia in Hanoi, including, here we go, including red carpet, honor guards and a canon salute. Actually, I have I have a short video. Here we go. Here we go. Oh, yeah, there's no audio. So there's just video showing, showing him meeting. No, it's just a quick video. Anyways. What's interesting is now, after the grand ceremony, the Secretary General of VCP, Yuan Fuzhong, who went to China for a state visit not long ago, met with Zhang Youxia in the Vietnamese media coverage of the meeting. Zhang didn't mention Xi Jinping, not even once in his speech. The following day, he met with the newly elected, or I should say elected, appointed president of Vietnam, Vo Van Truong. Vo mentioned Xi Jinping once, but Zhang Youxia did not. Now, this is very odd, because in the past, Zhang would always mention Xi Jinping's name first in public speeches. It's customary for Chinese officials to at least express some kind of greetings on behalf of their boss. Now, instead, Zhang Youxia expressed his pleasure in visiting Vietnam for the first time in his capacity as vice chairman of the CMC. And he congratulated Vo on assuming the presidency of Vietnam. Please notice, he didn't extend the well wishes on behalf of Xi Jinping. He spoke for himself. He also congratulated Vietnam on its achievements in economic and social development over the past 40 years. The status and reception Zhang Youxia enjoyed in Vietnam is comparable to a head of state. Now, think about it. Zhang is the vice chairman of CMC, of a military. He's a military leader. But Vietnam's president, here we go. So, Vietnam's president, this is not. This is secretary, the VCP leader. Here's the president. Here's the prime minister. So, they all met with him individually. Vietnam's president, prime minister, and the party leader all met with him individually. The level of meetings are unnecessary unless they need to discuss things beyond military affairs or to show respect to Zhang as the head of state. Now, Vietnamese press reported Zhang's visit lavishly, but the Chinese state media, including the PLA's official paper, PLA Daily, remained silent on Zhang's visit for two days. Someone searched the keywords Vietnam and Zhang Youxia on Baidu, Chinese search engine. His visit to Vietnam was nonexistent. And after many people pointed out the unusual silence by state media, today around noontime, our noontime, which is China's midnight, the defense ministry's website and state media announced Zhang's visit. I think the Chinese media didn't know how to handle the coverage of Zhang's visit because of the confusion of the power structure. Now, the other interesting thing is Zhang Youxia was invited by his counterpart, who is also Vietnam's defense minister, but he didn't bring China's defense minister with him. You would think that he would bring China's new defense minister, Dong Jun, who was appointed by Xi Jinping, to replace Li Shangfu. No, but Zhang Youxia didn't bring him because Zhang isn't really a fan of the new defense minister. Li Shangfu was Zhang Youxia's ally, but he got sacked by Xi Jinping. So that's everything I want to tell you about Zhang Youxia's state visit to Vietnam. Now, also appearing very odd is Xi Jinping's public security minister, Wang Xiaohong, who also holds the title of a state counselor and a secretary of the Central Committee. Now, between October 15th and the 16th, he visited Tianjin to conduct an economic survey. Now, he made a commitment to achieving annual economic and social goals, and he spoke on economic revitalization and reforms. The Chinese media didn't mention his title as minister of public security. The media only mentioned his other two titles, which is state counselor and also secretary of the CCP's central secretariat. So, this raised questions about why the man in charge of public security is now focusing on economic issues. So, the question is, what's going on? Now, let me talk about the coup. Since the third plenary session in July this year, rumors have circulated that Zhang Youxia staged a coup and that Xi Jinping had an episode of a health crisis. There are various flavors and different versions of it, but that's essentially the core content of the rumors. Zhang Youxia staged a coup and Xi Jinping had a health issue, and many versions say that he had a stroke. But anyway, let's just say he had a health issue. Now, the trigger was reportedly Xi Jinping's sudden collapse or sudden onset of a stroke and emergency hospitalization during a discussion with Zhang Youxia. At the time, they were in a discussion and Xi Jinping was attempting to pressure Zhang Youxia to step down. And then he passed out or whatever, he had a health issue. Now, what I want to say is, ever since China's two defense ministers were being investigated, the life of Zhang Youxia has been miserable. This was a slide I showed you on May 30th this year, when I talked about how Xi Jinping was... Here's how I remember showing you this picture, how Zhang Youxia looked so miserable looking at the podium where Xi Jinping was talking. At the meeting, they placed him in the back corner of the room. As the first vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, he was seated in the back of the room at the corner and looking miserable. And also, his second vice chairman's name appeared in front of him in some of the reports. Remember, I talked about this on May 30th. So, ever since the two defense ministers got into trouble, his life has been miserable. It's said that before Xi Jinping got very sick, he was pressuring Zhang Youxia to step down and to have He Weidong to replace him. Then, his bad health struck. What was said was, when that happened, Zhang Youxia immediately seized the opportunity and requested that the head of the public security, Wang Xiaohong, asked him to lift the restriction and surveillance on party elders. Remember, I talked about how China's public security ministry is responsible for keeping an eye on the retired leaders. So, they have to ask for special permission when they get together, or when they travel out of town. When they go out of town, they always have to ask permission. So, when Xi Jinping got sick, I think that happened on day one of the plenum. So, Zhang Youxia immediately seized the opportunity and asked Wang Xiaohong to lift the restriction and then get rid of the surveillance, allowing the party elders to attend the plenary session. Subsequently, the final days of the plenary session became a forum for the, I think it's about 300 top leaders, for them to criticize and attack Xi Jinping when Xi Jinping was absent because the man was in the hospital. And then a key decision was made at the end, that Zhang Youxia would take over the day-to-day management of military affairs. Since then, Xi Jinping has lost both political and military power, becoming merely a symbolic figure, a figurehead. Although he still holds the titles of general secretary of the party, chairman of the CMC, and also the president, he no longer wields any substantial power. Well, they want to keep him on as the leader because they don't want to shake the boat too violently because anything could happen. They understand the regime is under so much stress. So, those who collectively made this decision also want to maintain some level of stability. So, currently, okay, so this is key. Currently, Wang Xiaohong, the public security minister, oversees the affairs of the central secretariat of the party. And Li Qiang, the premier, oversees the state council, and Zhang Youxia leads the central military commission. And then the three organizations, the central committee, the state council, and central military commission are now parallel entities leading the party, the government, and the military, with the central military commission holding the final decision-making authority. So, essentially, they're saying that China is being run by Li Qiang, the premier, Zhang Youxia, the head of the military, and also Wang Xiaohong, sorry, the minister of public security. But Zhang Youxia has the ultimate decision, is the ultimate decision-maker within the three of them. That's according to the rumors. So, at present, the work and policies of the central committee, state council, and the CMC no longer mention Xi Jinping's thought or Xi Jinping as the core leader. Even some of his policies and initiatives have been halted. So, that's what we've seen. And he has become merely a symbolic figure, trying to prevent the regime from falling apart. Some say, so, yeah, so he only serves as a symbolic leader to maintain an image of unity and stability. So, some say the leadership will hold a fourth plenum soon to decide the next step. And there are discussions that four individuals are likely to be removed from leadership. And here are the four. They are Xi Jinping and his diehard follower, Cai Qi, and Wang Huning, his political makeup artist, and He Weidong, the second vice chairman of the CMC. And these four people are called the New Gang of Four. So, if you're familiar with Chinese history, Madame Mao's Gang of Four. But that's not decided yet. As negotiations, fightings, and struggles are still ongoing. So, CCP politics, although it appears very peaceful on the outside, but on the inside, it's very stormy right now. So, let's talk about Xi Jinping's reaction. So, if he's suffering, I think if he's suffering from poor health, he doesn't have many choices but to give up, right? I mean, he has to. But the problem is, he has too many enemies. Even when he does give up power, what does that mean? So, if he and the Gang of Four are going to be removed like the former Gang of Four, then things will look very ugly. Because the former Gang of Four was locked up. Remember, they were locked up and Madame Mao committed suicide. Anyway, so here's a story. Then, Xi Jinping, on October 17th, visited the famous Six-Foot Alley in Tongcheng City, Anhui. While there, he made a comment. He said, the Six-Foot Alley embodies, let me show you the Six-Foot Alley. It's actually an alley that's six foot wide. And he made the comment saying that this alley embodies the historical wisdom of ancient Chinese and that we must promote the traditional virtues of China. So, why did Xi Jinping choose to visit this historical place? People say it carries a strong political message. So, let me tell you the story of the Six-Foot Alley. The alley centers on the story of a Qing dynasty official and his neighbor. The two neighbors had a dispute over the borderline of their properties. The Zhang family sent a letter to their patriarch, who was a high-ranking official in Beijing, and asked him to use his power to give them a hand at home. Now, this official, whose last name is Zhang, returned with a poem that suggests compromise and concession. So, his family took his advice and the property walled back by three feet. The Wu family saw that their neighbor backed off, so they moved their wall back by three feet also. So, this created a six-foot space, and it became an alley, and that's where the name came from. So, this alley is a symbol of concession and compromise. So, when Xi Jinping visited the place and made the comment, he sent a signal of yielding and conciliation. I think some people interpret it as he's saying that he's going to retire. So, you could interpret this in a variety of ways. People could say he may be saying, oh, I'm going to retire. I'm going to back off. Other people interpret it as he's asking his political opponents to be lenient with him in the scheme of the Gang of Four. So, however way you want to interpret it, he is definitely sending a message to his political opponents. Now, what I want to say last is Xi Jinping believes in prophecy. Remember, there was a prophecy about a warrior with a sword entering the palace, and the ruler will be in trouble. Remember? Yeah, this is the Tang Dynasty prophecy from the book Tui Bei Tu, Push Back Diagrams. So, it reads, there was a warrior with a bow who uttered a white-headed man. He ambushed with, what did I say? I can't read this because my camera covered it up. Sorry. You can't read it. I can't read everything because it's blocking. I have a blocked view. Anyways, that's what the prophecy says. Okay. So, I broke up the word white-headed man. Xi Jinping's name, Xi, is white-feathered man. So, that's Xi. Everyone knows white-feathered man is Xi Jinping. And then, as far as the warrior now, what is this? So, Zhang Youxia's name has a bow. It literally means a bow and a knight. So, it has the two elements, a bow and a warrior, right? So, that's exactly what Zhang Youxia's name means in Chinese, a warrior with a bow. And so, that's why people say, that's why Xi Jinping doesn't trust him because he believes in prophecy. See, Xi Jinping had been nervous that Zhang Youxia was that warrior. And it turned out he did play that role. I mean, not according to the rumors, I mean, not intentionally, but given Xi Jinping's health, and then the pressure he was put under, he had to fight for himself. So, it turned out the prophecy was so correct that Zhang Youxia was indeed or is indeed that warrior with a sword because that's what his name says. And some Chinese even say that Premier Li Qiang also has a sword in his name. So, if you look at Li Qiang and Li Keqiang's name, they also have a bow in it. And people say, that's why Xi Jinping didn't get along with Li Keqiang and also didn't trust Li Qiang very much because Li Qiang is the weakest premier that the CCP ever had. So, they say, well, China now, China's political scene now resembles a picture that has two bows shooting the sun. You have two bows. You have two, Zhang Youxia and Li Qiang both have a bow. So, they both shoot the sun. By the way, Premier Li Qiang also recently visited Vietnam, where he too received an exceptionally grand welcome and reception. I don't know what is it with Vietnam. Maybe they need to go to a country where they felt that they have some level of control to send a signal because they can't go to the US and test this. So, they have to go to a country where they have good relations and have a good level of control. So, they choose Vietnam. That's all I have without a grand finale that I prepared for tonight. But that's pretty much all the information I have. I primarily want to tell you about the coup. I mean, I've heard it since summer, but I never spelled it out in detail for you. But that seems to all tie together because it explains so many unusual phenomena. I told you about Li Qiang's grand reception in Vietnam first, and then Zhang Youxia's sudden appearance, and then now the Minister of Public Security's new responsibility to talk about the economy. So, that ties everything together. All right, so that's all. Let me see what people have for me. I'm surprised that with so many overwhelming signals being sent by the CCP, there's no mainstream media talking about this yet. Maybe they're being very cautious. I mean, they don't have to draw any conclusions, but all the strange things that's happened in China is so telling. So, that's why I kept talking about it, because it deserves some attention. If that's true, then there's a power vacuum in China. Even though, according to this story, Zhang Youxia is the ultimate decision maker. So, then it becomes extremely important, his view on the various geopolitical issues on Taiwan. Some people believe that the reason he went to Vietnam was that he wanted to talk about South China Sea, because he wants to reach some kind of a consensus with Vietnam on the territorial disputes in the South China Sea, and that's why he went there. I think that's very likely. So, I think this is a major development, because it could change a lot of things. All right, let me see if people have questions for me. Okay, I need to take a sip of water. Sorry. All right, that seems to be all. I saw something colorful. Oh, there it is. Ian Slater. I'm watching this later. I'm catching this later, so I'll leave this question if it didn't come up. How will Xi's situation affect Brexit and the yuan, in your opinion? There's no way the yuan will be in a position to compete with the dollar. Have you noticed that the Communist Party, even people with the communist mentality, they're very good at PR. They're great publicists. They know how to craft their narratives to put on a good show. They're good actors, but they're not good for enforcing real changes in political landscape. That's a quality they have, so you have to admire their ability to put on a good show to show unity or to show that they're willing to carry their common objective forward. But it's impossible for them to. Even Putin and Xi Jinping now don't see eye to eye. And then India and China, I heard that China made a big concession in territorial issues or border disputes with India. So India is very happy. I think the CCP is making a secret deal because they don't want the Chinese people to find out the concession that Beijing made to stay out of trouble. But what we heard is India is very happy. So Xi Jinping and Modi had a good time in Russia. But that's kept as a secret to the Chinese people because the CCP cannot afford to let the Chinese people to find out how much land they conceded because then Taiwan becomes… I think it was 40 times the size of Taiwan. I don't know. I don't want to misquote. My point is, India and China would never agree on trade issues because they are complementary to each other. Their role in the world's supply chain is complementary. And China and Russia are not going to agree. They're at odds right now. So these three major countries, how can they reach any consensus other than saying that they do sound alike? So I think it's just a publicity event. They need a good publicity event, particularly Vladimir Putin needs a good publicity event. Also, are you on X? I am on X, but I don't actively post on X. I know in order to grow, I have been told by so many experts that if I want to grow my channel, I need to be active on social media, like post my comments, post my pictures, post news here and there. I haven't done that because growing to be the largest YouTube channel isn't really my goal. I want to stay true to who I am. I may not be the fastest commentator or the first person to post the news, but I want to provide the most comprehensive and in-depth analysis on world affairs. So all of my time is spent on digging and comparing information and comparing viewpoints and opinions. So I'm on X, but I don't know if you will see a large following of me on X, although that can change. Anyways, I should do better on social media platform. Thank you, Kasmira. Thank you. My Chinese home kitchen. Does this buy any breathing room for Taiwan or Philippines? Military experts on this side predict CCP action between November 5 and January 20, especially if Trump wins. I saw that. I saw some experts talking about Taiwan is more at risk. I mean, it's possible. You can never say it's not possible. But if Xi Jinping has lost power, then I don't think it's possible. The only possibility that there is a military action that will take place from November 5 and January 20, if that will happen, is when Xi Jinping is still in the position to make decision. I think if Zhang Youxia is the final decision maker, I don't think that will happen. But if Xi Jinping is still holding the Trump card, or is the real final decision maker, then it could still happen. Out of despair, he may do something dramatic. But I understand everyone's view. Sometimes we could derive completely different views or conclusions based on current situation. It's very interesting. So you could have completely opposite views or analysis on current affairs. I think it has to do with the different sets of assumptions people assume. Any analysis of CCP politics has to be based on some kind of assumptions because no one has the complete picture. It's impossible. Even the mainstream media who are fed with insights and tips can be wrong because it could be false information that they intentionally want to feed you. Everyone could be wrong because we all have a set of assumptions that we use. When your assumptions are different, then you could come up with completely different views. What I do is try to compare them. I'm actually not bothered by the fact that we have completely different views. I welcome that. I like that because what interests me is why people have different views. By comparing them, I come up with my own analysis because that's the only way you can draw some meaningful conclusion. It's similar to the demographic analysis I did on China. If you just study China, China's population and China's birth rate or whatever, fertility rate, experts will always tell you you're wrong because there are so many variables. The only way you can do this is by doing a comparison. Comparative studies are so helpful, whether quantitatively or qualitatively. The only way we could do this is by doing a comparative study. Then we can draw a conclusion. I think it's very interesting. I realize some people have very, very, draw completely different conclusions. I need more time to study them. All right. It is exhausting. My Chinese home kitchen, didn't Bricks just propose alternative to Swift? Thailand, Vietnam, others looking to join Bricks? We'll see. I think the geopolitical landscape will be very different after November 5th. Whatever people say now could matter for the time being, but I think things will change. Either way, no matter who wins, there will be major changes. Norbert Klotz, does this decrease or increase the possibility of a Taiwan war? My answer is if Zhang Youxia is indeed in control, like the coup that I described, that I told you about, then I think it decreases. But if he doesn't, but if he is in a neck-to-neck fight with Xi Jinping, and if Xi Jinping still gains the upper hand, then the risk is still very high. We don't know. That's what I think. We need to focus on what's really happening in Zhongnanhai. I need to tell you this. Today, there have been rumors starting again saying that Zhang Youxia has been detained by Xi Jinping. The rumor said that it was a setup. It was a setup by Xi Jinping to make Zhang Youxia believe that she is willing or was willing to step down. But upon returning to China, Zhang has been arrested or detained. I saw that this morning. Is that possible? I can't say there's a possibility. What matters now is between the fights between them, who is going to win, who's going to gain the upper hand. That's what matters. And that will decide the answer to your question. Okay. All right. All right. That's all. That's all the colorful stickers I saw. End of story. Netflix, Netflix, foreign. Can you talk about the bird prophecy painting, please? Oh, I talked about it many times. Yeah, there's a painting. It's called the Tieban. It's called Iron Plate Diagram. It has a picture that depicts every dynasty of China. And the last one depicts the Red Dynasty, in which it shows five birds flying between two mountain peaks. The first four birds were black, and then the last bird was white. But it hit the mountain peak, and there was blood splashing on the mountain. So the first four birds flew away, but the last one, the white one, died by hitting on the mountain peak. And people say the last one. The five represents the five CCP leaders. The last one is Xi Jinping, because he is the white feather man. Remember his name? Xi is white feather. So they say that that picture indicates that Xi Jinping is the last leader of CCP. And the regime will end with him. And the fact that the white bird crashed on the mountain peak indicates or implies that the regime ends with him. There will not be a sixth leader. Or even if there's a leader, then it will not be the communist regime. Maybe that person will start China with a democracy. Okay. Brooks is a joke. So she takes his omen very seriously. Yes, he does. So that's why Zhang Youxia has not been trusted. Because his name matches perfectly with the prophecy. He's the man. He's the warrior with the bow. Johnny Garner, if she's deposed, is structural change likely? I think so. I think it's impossible for the CCP system, for the regime to continue, even if other younger officials within the party to succeed him. I think that person would be put under so much pressure to make systemic changes, political reforms, political changes, to completely get rid of the system because it has caused so much harm. And people are waking up. So anyone who's actually interested in holding onto power to rule China would have to do something to address the miseries that the regime has caused. Who wants to inherit the CCP legacy when you begin? It's a dreadful liability to inherit. Everybody wants to start new. So I think it will end. I think he is the last CCP leader. My Chinese home kitchen, what about non-military options such as no longer accepting Hong Kong currency or publishing the details of the wealth of Xi Jinping and other CCP inner circles? Now I think people are doing more to address. The Biden administration has been weak. It should have used publishing the CCP leader's wealth as a bargaining chip to demand the regime to do something on fentanyl, on these illegal immigrants. Anything that you cannot get the CCP to cooperate, threaten them with publishing their officials' private wealth in the U.S., they will cooperate. But why didn't they do that? Alright. I think that's all. Angel Economics. Lei, would the political makeup artist be pulling the strings in China now? He is notorious. He has been the political makeup artist serving three CCP leaders, starting from Jiang Zemin, then Hu Jintao, then Xi Jinping. I think Xi Jinping's biggest mistake is by keeping him on, because that man is, I think, a diehard leftist. His biggest harm is he spent, I think, six months as a visiting scholar in the U.S., and upon return, he wrote a book, America vs. America. See, these so-called scholars who have studied in the West, I think, are counterproductive. America had good intentions when they invited some of these officials or scholars to come to the U.S. and study, but we didn't make an effort to really help these people understand what democracy is, what the universal values are. So these people came here, they examined everything about American society or American political system from their perspective, so they picked on the weaknesses of the democratic system. And so their conclusion is that the authoritarian system is still better, because what they see, they don't understand. Here you could debate, you can disagree with your government, and then the government has to abide by its own laws. Citizens do have rights, but from their perspective, that's a weakness. So these so-called scholars or experts who have come here and studied, and yet they still don't understand market economy or democracy, and then they went back. They become, quote-unquote, experts, giving advices to leaders, and those are terrible advices. I still think there are many Chinese students who studied in the West and returned to China. They don't understand what democracy is. I don't think they understand how market economy works, and yet they claim they're American experts, so what are they going to do? We have the same problem in the U.S. We have so many, quote-unquote, China experts, Americans who have studied in China, who speak Chinese, who come here and have advised American governments, who make deadly decisions that are not in the best interest of America, because these people, when they study, they don't necessarily understand what China or the CCP really is all about. So it's the same problem happening across the Pacific, as I see it. I think both governments have been ill-advised by the fake scholars. I mean, I'm not saying they're all fake. They're good ones, but there are a lot of them who don't really understand what they're saying. I'm sorry if I offend some of you. I'm just talking about a phenomenon that exists, because it is very difficult to understand CCP. I just spelled out a big problem that has prevented China from having a successful economic reform and also for the rest of the world to know how to engage the CCP. But I think now people understand, because we've paid the price and we've learned the lessons. So now people all woke up as a result of COVID. But in the past 30 years, the mistakes have been made over and over again. And people like me, who used to tell Americans that this is not the right approach to engage the CCP, people don't listen. Anyways, but I'm glad that people are waking up now and it's no longer the same. All right. Somebody said, please look into Anthony Blinken. I think he has been running the White House. So his stance on China is the White House stance. Janet Yellen, for example, is very soft. Janet Yellen is a scholar. Her professional resume is impeccable. She is an economist. She is a scholar. But they have this fantasy. A lot of the American elites have this fantasy. The biggest mistake they make is they confuse China, Chinese people, with the Chinese Communist Party. And they see the CCP the same as them. Oh, it's just a different political party. They see the difference between them and then the CCP is the same difference between the Democrats and the Republicans, although the difference between the two parties are now more drastically apart. I know a lot of Westerners, Americans, they're very friendly to China, Chinese culture and Chinese people. But the CCP is not on the side of Chinese people. And it's hard for them to understand that. But I think they must have learned their lessons after having been deceived by the CCP so many times. If they still play dumb, then they're really, number one, not very smart. Number two, if they are smart and choose to do nothing, then they're being irresponsible. Anyways, okay, so enough real talk of Lei. I'll end it here. Okay, I need to go drink some water and I'll see you next week. Okay, stay well. Bye-bye.