Chinese reform under Li Keqiang(2020s-2030s alternate future)

Background

During the Xi Jinping rule, China is increasingly nortorious for its brutal crackdown on human rights, particularly in Chinese occupied East Turkestan, Tibet and Hong Kong. Thus China is oftenly compared to nazi germany by separatists, calling China as “Chinazi”. Also Chinese relation with the West also soured due to its poor human rights record and they advocates other country to boycott Beijing 2022 winter Olympic for the sake of human dignity. Upto September 2021, most of developed country and some developing country have announced official boycott to Beijing 2022, thus the countries that participate in Beijing 2022 other than China itself are mostly underdeveloped country in South America and africa, which tends to make the 2022 olympics the most boring olympics ever. To preserve Chinese faces, Xi tried to threaten that he will sanction all countries that boycott the olympics, but it doesn’t work well and the west insisted its stance that they will continue to boycott Beijing 2022 unless Hong Kong, Tibet and East Turkestan are free from Chinese tyranny. Xi became very anxious about the current hostile situation which make his body turn worse in October 2021 and he then passed away unexpectedly in November 2021.

In December 2021, CCP hosted an internal election which elected Li Keqiang as the next president of China. Facing tense relation with the West, Li Keqiang criticised Xi’s expasionalist and aggressive policies and aimed to rebuild relation with the west with the hope that western countries will lift their sanction on China and stop boycotting Beijing 2022.

Li Keqiang’s major reforms:

For Hong Kong, Tibet and East Turkestan:

-Release all pro-independence/pro-democracy political prisoners

-Tibet and East Turkestan are granted semi-independence(become autonomous republic instead of autonomous region). The details are follows: Tibet and East Turkestan can freely determinate their government, identification document, currency, official language, sports team, Internet TLDs, constitution, national flag, national anthem. The leader of the two autonomous republic can be pro-independence but they shouldn’t attempt to declare full independence from China(but they do not need to express loyalty to China). Also they can build its own military with limitation such that number local military stationed can only be smaller than the number of Chinese troops stationed there.

-Hong Kong’s national security law will be abolished, plus Hong Kong are granted universal suffrage of both legislative council and chief executive, other aspects are same as Tibet and East Turkestan.

- Central government of China will not intervene in local affairs of HK, Tibet and East Turkestan, central government will only responsible for diplomacy and national defence.

For China proper:

-improve freedom of speech, press, assembly,internet and make government data more open and accurate in China proper

-allow direct election up to city level.(however all candidates have to be communist party member)

-carry out true anti-corruption campaign.

-Limit the president term to a maximum of 10 years(return to pre-Xi status quo)

For foreign affairs:

-Settle border dispute peacefully

-Settle trade and intellectual properties issue with western issues peacefully

-Further open up the economy

-Stop expasionalist policies

-Reduce damage to the environment and resources exploitation, and have peaceful relation with other country.

-Carry higher responsibility in world problems such as poverty, environment, inequality,discrimination, anti terriosm, diseases.

International Responses

Central Tibetan Administration(later become official Tibetan government): Glad that the new Chinese government can give Tibet highest degree of autonomy which is practically free from Chinese control, now the fled Tibetans, including Dalai Lama, can return safely to their homeland for the first time since 1959, it is definitely a joyous moment for the fellow Tibetan people. Hope that China can maintain the good attitude and we forgive your past sins in the name of buddha and will always be friends in the future.

United States: Good beginning for Chinese reform, we hope that China can genuinely implement its reform to improve its relation with western world and we support China's transit into a modern democratic country. We also pray for Tibet, East Turkestan and Hong Kong for their better future.(US lifted Beijing 2022 boycott and some tariff on China afterwards)

Hong Kong Democratic Activists: CCP's relaxation of Hong Kong policy didn't necessarily reflect China really improved from its heart, it is the international pressure forced China to "change", so we express gratitude for Hong Kong democratic activists who seek international help to give pressure to China. And remember, CCP always think of methods to break its promise made, so our fight for freedom is not successful yet, we will continue to fight until Hong Kong is totally free from Chinese control.

East Turkestan Government In-exile(later become official East Turkestan Government): It is a glorious moment for the uyghurs who once again freed from oppression after nearly a thousand years of Chinese occupation, we request Han Chinese apology and hold accountable for their genocide of Uyghurs Muslim in concentration camps, we also will continue to combat threat from China to prevent possible reinvasion of East Turkestan.

EU: Response Similar to US, lifted boycott on Beijing 2022

Russia, Iran, North Korea: Criticizes Chinese reform, think that it is equivalent to self destruction.