Posted on 06/18/2021 5:43:28 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
BEIJING - China is pledging to harshly punish anyone responsible for major industrial accidents or outbreaks of violence in coming days as the ruling Communist Party prepares lavish celebrations for its centenary on July 1.
At a meeting Thursday, Vice Premier Liu He ordered safety checks be carried out to forestall such incidents.
“Resolutely contain the frequent occurrence of various types of accidents and create a safe and stable environment for celebrating the centenary of the founding of the party,” an official statement released after the meeting said.
The meeting follows the deaths of at least 25 people in a gas explosion Sunday at a market in the central city of Shiyan and of 13 people in a flood in an iron mine in the northern province of Shanxi on June 10. Authorities have detained 13 people in the mine flood while an investigation into the market blast is ongoing.
President Xi Jinping, who is also head of the party, is determined to ensure the anniversary celebrations are not marred by any incidents at a time when China is under fire from the international community over human rights violations in Xinjiang, Tibet and Inner Mongolia, the roll-back of democracy in Hong Kong, military threats against Taiwan, and its aggressive assertions of territorial claims in the South China Sea.
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CCP is azzhole
Harsh penalties usually mean execution and/or live organ harvest.
What a very strange slogan and theme to tie to a “celebration”.
Are industrial accidents in China a form of protest? Are they personal revenge against the party, your bosses? I am sure there are a lot of individuals in China who live their lives pissed at the CCP. With reason.
Or maybe whole factories have taken to getting drunk during the mandatory political sessions.
Nothing says party time like threatening harsh punishment of the people.
The floggings will continue till morale improves.
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