Singaporean Newspaper’s Article Criticizing Xirocks Chinese Internet
A scathing opinion piece lambasting Xi Jinping, published by a Singaporean newspaper, did not escape the attention of netizens on Weibo, who clandestinely lauded its contents. The article, titled "The Economy Is The Problem, Its Root Is Politics," was penned by Hong Kong businessman and writer Lew Mon-hung. A former member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and previously a staunch pro-China figure, he squarely laid the blame for China's present economic challenges on Xi Jinping, the pervasive cult of personality around him and the Party's inability to implement political reforms including democratization.
Had this piece been published in most overseas Chinese-language media outlets, its impact might have been relatively muted. However, its appearance in Singapor