[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.64,0:00:04.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Xi Jinping claims an “overwhelming victory” Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.62,0:00:06.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against corruption. Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.76,0:00:09.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that...is a lie. Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.49,0:00:30.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Welcome to China Uncensored, I’m Chris Chappell. Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.42,0:00:33.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This episode is sponsored by PC-Doctor Toolbox. Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.35,0:00:37.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Monitor your PC for software crashes, hardware\Nfailures, Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.10,0:00:40.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the kind of glitches that make your life miserable. Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.43,0:00:46.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, some people think the Chinese Communist\NParty is a little bit corrupt. Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.68,0:00:48.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I get it, Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.18,0:00:53.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a regime that kills people for\Ntheir organs and uses rape as form of torture Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.17,0:00:58.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,might not seem like it’s made up of upstanding,\Nhonest citizens. Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.76,0:01:02.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this month, there seems to be some good\Nnews: Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.18,0:01:07.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Xi Jinping says China has won an “overwhelming victory” against corruption! Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.17,0:01:13.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But while “overwhelming victory” sounds\Nlike some kind of...overwhelming victory... Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.31,0:01:16.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it’s not that simple. Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.02,0:01:18.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Xi Jinping had declared something like this\Nbefore. Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.16,0:01:22.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2018, he declared an “overwhelming victory”\Nagainst graft Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.82,0:01:25.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,—so basically one type of corruption. Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.66,0:01:29.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But obviously {\i1}that{\i0} victory wasn’t very\Noverwhelming, Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.40,0:01:31.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because he’s clearly been struggling against corruption Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.93,0:01:34.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the four\Nyears since then as well. Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.84,0:01:39.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even now, Xi Jinping says more work is\Nneeded to tackle the problem. Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.55,0:01:44.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says that from now on, there should be\Nzero tolerance toward corruption. Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.48,0:01:49.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there should be “policies to make sure\Nofficials are not involved in corruption Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.19,0:01:54.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they ‘do not dare to, are not able to and\Ndo not want to.’” Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.81,0:01:57.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That’s a weird threat. Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.70,0:02:01.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s like if you wanted to go on YouTube\Nto talk about Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.26,0:02:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,alien pedophile vaccine conspiracy theories. Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.98,0:02:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,YouTube would immediately shut down your channel, Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.56,0:02:08.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you don’t dare to. Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.80,0:02:11.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And therefore...don’t want to? Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.66,0:02:15.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At any rate, Xi Jinping is moving quickly. Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.43,0:02:19.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Earlier this month, he announced a new rule\Nto further rein in corruption: Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.57,0:02:23.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Monitoring the business activities of officials’ families. Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.82,0:02:27.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“Officials must report business activities\Nof their spouses and children Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.47,0:02:30.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and those who fail to do so or seek to skirt the rules Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.100,0:02:33.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will\Nbe ‘dealt with seriously in accordance with Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.71,0:02:36.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regulations and laws.’” Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.33,0:02:41.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And officials now need to either get their\Nfamilies to withdraw from these business activities, Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.31,0:02:45.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or they have to step down from their posts\Nas communist officials. Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.94,0:02:48.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This could affect dozens of high-ranking Party\Nofficials, Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.90,0:02:52.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and potentially millions of lower officials. Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.02,0:02:56.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For decades, Party members have installed\Nfamily members in all sorts of positions, Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.84,0:02:59.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from state-owned companies, to foreign joint\Nventures, Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.53,0:03:02.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to private equity, and more. Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.03,0:03:05.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This anti-corruption push is a big deal. Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.03,0:03:07.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it’s also not about fighting corruption. Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.81,0:03:09.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’ll explain after the break. Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.93,0:03:12.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Welcome back. Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.33,0:03:16.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Xi Jinping is talking big about fighting corruption\Nwithin the Chinese Communist Party. Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.65,0:03:20.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He claims to have won an “overwhelming victory.” Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.36,0:03:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that’s just not true. Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.60,0:03:26.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From the very founding of the Chinese Communist\NParty in 1921, Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.70,0:03:29.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was based on corruption. Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.79,0:03:33.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Essentially, you had a group of thugs whose\Nplan Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.46,0:03:36.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was to kill rich people and take their stuff, Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.70,0:03:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then take over the country. Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.82,0:03:42.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mao Zedong talked about using the “lumpenproletariat”\Nfor his revolution. Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.80,0:03:44.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That refers to the social outcasts— Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.93,0:03:46.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially\Ncriminals, Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.96,0:03:51.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including members of triads and secret criminal societies. Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.20,0:03:54.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mao wrote in 1926 that the lumpenproletariat Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.32,0:03:58.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“can become a revolutionary force if given proper guidance.” Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.64,0:04:01.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And guidance, he gave. Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.80,0:04:06.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mao specifically used the lumpenproletariat\Nto fight his communist revolution. Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.93,0:04:12.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who else but criminals would be more willing\Nto kill rich people and take their stuff? Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.65,0:04:15.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when the Communist Party finally came\Nto power in 1949, Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.68,0:04:19.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,guess what kind of people were high ranking Party members? Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.54,0:04:21.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of them were criminals. Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.95,0:04:26.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even today, there’s a tight affiliation\Nbetween the Communist Party and triads. Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.73,0:04:29.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Check out our interview today on our China\NUnscripted podcast— Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.91,0:04:34.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where our guest Sam Cooper talks about Party-linked triads Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.12,0:04:38.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,running drugs and money laundering in Canada. Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.32,0:04:40.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Chinese Communist Party is basically what\Nyou get Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.89,0:04:45.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when a group of gangsters to take over an entire country: Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.06,0:04:47.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They control gang members Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.10,0:04:49.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they lock away so-called enemies, Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.44,0:04:51.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they take over other people’s territory, Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.99,0:04:55.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they fight constant internal power struggles. Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.90,0:04:59.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Violence and corruption are how the Communist\NParty stays in power! Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.81,0:05:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That’s why I said Xi Jinping can never truly\Neliminate corruption Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.10,0:05:05.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Chinese Communist Party. Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.27,0:05:07.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that’s not his real goal, anyway. Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.47,0:05:10.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His real motive behind winning a victory over\Ncorruption Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.08,0:05:13.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is winning a victory over his political enemies. Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.49,0:05:16.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, former leader Jiang Zemin. Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.51,0:05:22.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jiang Zemin’s son, Jiang Mianheng, is a\Npowerful businessman. Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.69,0:05:26.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He has his fingers in everything from state-owned\Nenterprises to joint ventures. Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.43,0:05:31.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2012, the Hollywood company DreamWorks\NAnimation began a joint venture in China, Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.59,0:05:33.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called Oriental Dreamworks, Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.82,0:05:37.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to create animated\Nand live-action entertainment for the China market. Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.73,0:05:42.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DreamWorks partnered with two Chinese companies\Nplus Shanghai Alliance Investment— Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.71,0:05:46.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is an investment arm of the Shanghai municipal\Ngovernment. Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.09,0:05:52.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jiang Mianheng was chairman and CEO of Shanghai\NAlliance Investment. Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.39,0:05:56.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meaning, the son of Xi Jinping’s biggest\Nrival Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.07,0:05:58.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had a stake in a 300-plus-million dollar Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.47,0:06:02.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,company controlling media and entertainment\Nin China. Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.42,0:06:04.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Side note: That American joint venture Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.28,0:06:07.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was\Neventually bought out completely by a Chinese company Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.64,0:06:11.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,—once it was no longer useful to\Nhave the Americans on board. Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.40,0:06:13.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway, the list goes on. Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.18,0:06:16.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The son of former President Hu Jintao, Hu\NHaifeng, Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.72,0:06:21.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“once managed a state-controlled firm that held a monopoly on security scanners Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.56,0:06:24.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,used in China’s airports, shipping ports Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.39,0:06:26.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and subway stations.” Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.78,0:06:29.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Former Chongqing Party chief Bo Xilai, Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.29,0:06:32.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who\Ngot taken down by an internal power struggle in 2012, Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.60,0:06:34.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had his own network of family corruption, Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.98,0:06:38.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with at least $160 million in assets held Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.06,0:06:40.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by his close relatives. Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.48,0:06:45.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Basically, communist officials from top to\Nbottom are out to make money. Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.58,0:06:47.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they often do it through corruption. Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.54,0:06:51.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That includes installing their relatives in\Ncompanies poised to make money, Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.51,0:06:54.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the help of their Party contacts. Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.07,0:06:57.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The brilliant thing about Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption\Ncampaign is, Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.11,0:07:02.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it’s actually a powerful weapon he can use to go after his political enemies— Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.04,0:07:04.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while\Nhaving the plus side of making it look like Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.22,0:07:06.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he’s going after corruption. Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.38,0:07:08.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it’s selective. Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.05,0:07:11.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Xi Jinping never sought corruption charges\Nagainst his ally, Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.48,0:07:13.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,former premier Wen Jiabao. Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.92,0:07:18.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wen’s family members were worth hundreds\Nof millions of dollars, often through corruption— Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.02,0:07:20.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as you can see from this New York Times graphic. Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.86,0:07:24.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But with his friend Wen Jiabao, that’s a-ok. Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.53,0:07:28.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So for all my viewers in the West reading\Nthese glowing articles about Xi Jinping fighting corruption Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.87,0:07:30.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,—don’t be fooled. Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.34,0:07:33.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Xi Jinping is not really targeting corruption. Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.02,0:07:36.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He’s just struggling against his political\Nenemies. Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.28,0:07:38.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like a good communist. Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.10,0:07:42.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But because the entire Communist Party is\Nbased on corruption, Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.76,0:07:46.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Xi Jinping will never actually win an “overwhelming victory.” Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.54,0:07:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just wait a few more years, and president-for-life\NXi Jinping Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.74,0:07:51.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will once again make an announcement Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.29,0:07:53.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,declaring victory over corruption. Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.95,0:07:56.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don’t be fooled that time, either. Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.40,0:07:59.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this episode is sponsored by PC-Doctor\NToolbox. 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