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On the defection of Dong Jingwei: Chicoms issue a stark warning
2021-06-24
Via Gordon Chang:

Revisiting the classics and moving forward | Never betraying the party is more than just an oath

From TFA:
[CCDI] Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and State Supervision Commission website Li Jinhang

  On May 21, 1931, the Party Central Committee issued Notice No. 2, 2 and 3, announcing that the traitor Gu Shunzhang would be expelled from the party forever, and called on all comrades in the party to fight against all traitors.

  Gu Shunzhang was one of the early leaders of the Chinese Communist Party. In 1924, he joined the Shanghai Federation of Trade Unions and joined the Communist Party of China. In 1926, he was selected by the party organization to study political defense in the Soviet Union. Before the rebellion, Gu Shunzhang had been an alternate member of the Politburo of the CPC Central Committee and the head of Teko. It can be said that he is responsible for the security of the entire Party Central Committee.

  In April 1931, Gu Shunzhang escorted Zhang Guotao and Chen Changhao to the Hubei, Henan and Anhui revolutionary base areas. When they returned to Wuhan, they were identified and arrested by traitors, and then they defected. He confessed to the party's underground transportation agency in Wuhan and the office of the Red Second Army in Wuhan, resulting in more than 10 people being arrested and sacrificed. Then he asked to meet with Chiang Kai-shek and betrayed the CCP Central Committee's agencies and main leaders in Shanghai. In view of the bad influence of Gu Shunzhang's mutiny on the party, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued a special notice No. 22 and 3. The following is the original text:

Central Notice No. 2-3

——Always expel the traitor Gu Shunzhang from the party and call for it

All comrades in the party fight against all traitors

(May 21, 1931)

  In the past, Gu Shunzhang (formerly known as Gu Fengming, also known as Liming or Zhang Hua), one of the central leaders, was recently arrested in Hankou and immediately surrendered to the executioner Kuomintang warlord of the Chinese workers and peasants. He confessed to many of our party's organs in Wuhan, and shot the soldiers in prison who he knew, and even framed many workers and peasants in order to claim credit. He is now at the Nanjing General Headquarters with Chiang Kai-shek and other executioners, planning how to destroy our institutions and massacre our comrades on a large scale throughout China, especially in Shanghai. We think this is a stain in the history of the Chinese Communist Party and the most shameful traitor. The central government decided to expel Gu Shunzhang from the party forever, and called on all party comrades to tighten our work among the masses, tighten our organization, pay more attention to our secret work, and implement the struggle on the two fronts more resolutely and unite. Eliminate Gu Shunzhang, the enemy of the Chinese workers and peasants, and all communist traitors! At the same time, the Central Committee firmly believes that as long as all comrades in the party step up their efforts in mass work, under the great power of the revolutionary masses, they will surely be able to quickly eliminate Gu Shunzhang and all revolutionary traitors. Organized revolutionary enemies such as the AB regiment in Jiangxi and the Social Democratic Party in Fujian have been severely hit under the might of the broad masses under the leadership of the party. This is a good example. The firm belief of the class and the might of the masses are our most powerful guarantee for eliminating Gu Shunzhang and all revolutionary traitors.

  After Gu Shunzhang surrendered to the enemy, he soon lost its value for use, and was arrested and detained shortly thereafter. In June 1935, 31-year-old Gu Shunzhang was secretly executed and died in Suzhou Prison.

  During the various periods of the Chinese revolution, construction, and reforms, the Communist Party of China’s oath to join the party changed several times, but as an iron discipline, "never rebel against the party" has been retained. It is not only an oath, but also the political bottom line of the Communists . Those who adhere to it, such as Fang Zhimin and Zhao Yiman, who regard death as home, are not afraid of risk and dare to fight, and trade their lives for national independence and people's liberation; those who trample on it, such as Gu Shunzhang and others, go to the opposite of the party and the people and betray. The soul, the end is bleak.

  "A word can't be practiced, and thousands of people are empty." Our party has gone through a hundred years of glorious history, and has experienced countless hardships and tribulations, relying on the loyalty of thousands of party members. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core has insisted that the Party must manage the Party and govern the Party strictly. General Secretary Xi Jinping has taught the Communist Party members many times, emphasizing loyalty to the party and never betraying the party, which is the basic requirement of the party constitution for party members. Party members and cadres must always keep in mind the oath of "never rebel against the party", firmly establish the awareness of party members, and be consistent with the party at all times, unwavering, and unswerving throughout their lives.
Posted by:badanov

#3  I'm still wondering if this is a defection-defection, or a long con by the ChiComs.
Posted by: SteveS   2021-06-24 10:47  

#2  Is there a threat in there, somewhere?
Posted by: Bobby   2021-06-24 07:58  

#1  Thanks for the article Badanov

It reminds me of my Asia, South Asia History Courses at university. Its all playing out again, but with different names and different goal, but Wuhan** is still the major player, even today.

**Wuhan is the capital of Hubei Province in the People's Republic of China. It is the largest city in Hubei and the most populous city in Central China, with a population of over eleven million, the ninth-most populous Chinese city and one of the nine National Central Cities of China.

To compare, name the 9 top cities in Russia or EU- Europe, or North America... then you will know what Wuhan really is...a major player in modern Chinese history.
Posted by: Dopey Panda5669   2021-06-24 00:57  

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