China snaps at its junior princelings(succession problem?)

The Times(UK) ^ | 06/06/10 | Michael Sheridan

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June 6, 2010

China snaps at its junior princelings

Public anger is growing at the wealthy offspring of the communist elite who are poised to inherit their parents’ power Michael Sheridan

THEY may look bland, studious, glamorous or dowdy, but the generation of younger men and women rising to power in China have two things in common — perfect ancestry and lots of money.

They are the new generation of “junior princelings” who stand to inherit power and wealth from their parents, the aristocracy of the communist system.

Their influence is everywhere. As strikes spread and workers fight for higher pay, public resentment is mounting against this group of privileged insiders.

A recent survey by officially sponsored academics claimed that 91% of Chinese citizens worth more than £10m — or 2,932 out of 3,220 people — were the children of senior officials.

The government denounced the story as “fake news” and punished four newspapers for reporting it. The media are under strict orders not to mention a host of well connected offspring of the party leadership who have grown wealthy under the banner of socialism.

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Yang Jisheng, a former Xinhua news agency journalist,attributes the rise of the princelings to a celebrated remark by the party elder, Chen Yun, 20 years ago. “Let our own children be the successors,” Chen is supposed to have said. “At least they will not betray us.”

Kim Il-sung of N. Korea pretty much had the same idea and installed his son Kim Jong-il. It did not turn out well, did it?

It is true that these pricelings and princesslings see themselvs as guardian of their parent's legacy.

[TigerLikesRooster]

P!

[Thunder90]

Same crap happened in Russia, Cuba, Belarus, and other Communist countries.

[stripes1776]

It is true that these pricelings and princesslings see themselvs as guardian of their parent's legacy.

And what is wrong with being a guardian of a parent's legacy?

[Rocky]

Power to the people!

(The privileged people, that is.)

Sure, communism is the answer. It promotes equality. Sure. Anyone who’s been to a communist country knows that there are “insiders” and “outsiders”. Gee, it’s just like everywhere else. Communism hasn’t solved the problem with human nature. It just became a new vehicle for the same old stuff.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Because the legacy is bad. Only good for them and disastrous for others.

[stripes1776]

Because the legacy is bad. Only good for them and disastrous for others.

How is it disastrous for others?

[TigerLikesRooster]

The social problems China have now would only worsen, and these kids would do their best to keep communist party in power. That requires a brutal crackdown. Instead of helping resolving China's outstanding problem, they will gladly become a roadblock to thwart it.

This also means that they will pursue Han-chauvinist expansionist policy in the international scene. It will exacerbate international conflict.

[tbw2]

Kim Jong Il was only the first Communist dynasty.
To quote Frank Herbert, a revolutionary is a closet aristocrat. The children of the revolutionaries tend to become the first generation of the new, noble aristocracy.

[gunsequalfreedom]

As long as China pays attention to Marx they will find there way through the labor issues. It is the U.S. I am worried about. The working class is increasingly less satisfied at the cost of supporting the government class.

[JudgemAll]

Do you believe in the legacy of, say, homosexual parenting? Or the breeding of dangerous hungry retarded beasts in your neighborhood?

[Secret Agent Man]

The Inner Party people live like rich capitalists.

The Outer Party proles live pretty poorly.

THen there are the rest of those in the country that are just the imbeciles that don’t even merit education, much less access into the party at all. They live a hard but free life.

[stripes1776]

The social problems China have now would only worsen

What are the social problems and why would the worsen?

[stripes1776]

Do you believe in the legacy of, say, homosexual parenting? Or the breeding of dangerous hungry retarded beasts in your neighborhood?

None of the things you mention are part of Chinese heritage. What is wrong with a child continuing a parents' heritage?

[AnotherUnixGeek]

And what is wrong with being a guardian of a parent's legacy?

Nothing, if that legacy consists of wealth earned by one's parents. There's plenty wrong if the legacy consists of wealth earned by many and stolen by one's parents. And that's what the children of the PRC's Communist elite will inherit.

[hosepipe]

NO democracy has ever yet been democratic..

China and Russia have never been free in the western sense.. EVER.. still..
They have ALWAYS been farmed like farm animals..

[PGR88]

Just another ill-effect that comes from the Government controlling everything.

[TigerLikesRooster]

If you don’t know, read news articles or read posts at FR. If you have to carry on. Or do you pretend to be ignorant of this?

[Jimmy Valentine]

This is the rise of the new Mandarin Class.

We have some examples here too, e.g. the Kennedys

[TigerLikesRooster]

It’s Kennedy’s with tanks and secret police.