Analysis: Reasons behind continuous explosions in China
A series of explosions have occurred in various places in China since Oct. 21. According to experts, the timing of these explosions is very sensitive, right before the 6th Plenary Session of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee taking place at the beginning of November—a crucial session for Xi Jinping’s third term re-election to the 20th National Congress next year.
Six years ago, on Aug. 12, 2015, the 1,000-day anniversary of Xi Jinping’s inauguration as General Secretary of the CCP, a severe explosion in Tianjin occurred, causing enormous loss of life and material. At that time, there were many comments that the explosion in Tianjin was said to be a “big fireworks display” that former president Jiang Zemin gave to Xi.
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Political infighting
The news website Vision Times said that many explosions at this time could be considered a counterattack by former president Jiang Zemin’s faction against Xi Jinping’s purge of culture and finance officials. In addition, this will likely be a significant weakness that will cause Xi’s record of achievements to deteriorate, affecting the paving of the way for his re-election to a third term.
The official cause of 10 severe and tragic accidents in the past week in China was caused mainly by gas pipelines, gas storage tanks, and concentrated combustibles such as chemical plants, gas chambers, laboratories, or users of the relevant raw material.
On Oct. 24, the chairman of the Democratic Party of China, Xie Wanjun, tweeted that explosions in various parts of China were not random, “Shenyang explosion, Harbin explosion, Dalian explosion, Inner Mongolia explosion … Many such explosions followed one after another. These are absolutely not explosions caused by gas leaks as the authorities said. This is definitely an organized protest, it’s a war! Big explosions will become a normal thing, and the government will all announce it as an explosion due to a gas leak.”
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