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＜ Chapter 20. Regression and Advancement (1) ＞

Chapter 20. Regression and Advancement (1)

It was only a few weeks after the student festival in Pyongyang ended in a grand way that the economic sanctions imposed by the international community on China were decided.

In the meantime, Chinese diplomats have been touring embassies, media outlets and news agencies in each country to wear out their feet, stressing that ‘the incident at Tiananmen Square was an essential measure for the stability of the Chinese system and that the death of the tank man was an accident’, but to no avail.

And the result of the situation brought about by a photo of a man hit by a tank that was revealed a few days later was a harsh one for China, precisely for China’s supporters of reform and opening up.

– CNN. The U.S. State Department, through a spokesperson this morning, announced the repeal of most-favored-nation treatment toward China as a protest against the Chinese government’s anti-humanitarian actions that took place in Tiananmen a while ago. Experts predict that the measure will increase prices by up to 40% due to additional tariffs on Chinese goods exported to the United States. predicted that

– It’s not just the US. In line with the US State Department, the Japanese government today completely withheld a $5.8 billion loan from China. France, which has been close to China on the issue of Tibet’s independence, has declared that it will refrain from contacting government officials with all high-level Chinese officials and suspend all kinds of cooperation, regardless of the public and private sector.

It was the United States who took the lead in implementing these multilateral sanctions by the United States, Europe, and Japan, and exerted great influence in international organizations to put pressure on China.

In addition, the United States announced sanctions not only at the international level, but also at the national level, as if it had no intention of hiding this intention.

– The U.S. Department of Commerce is announcing special tariffs on Chinese raw metals, semi-finished metals, automobile and aircraft parts, and crops, fertilizers and plastics today.

– Following the World Bank’s US$780 million loan reservation announced right after the escalation of the situation in June, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) today announced that it would fully reconsider loans to China. . The prevailing opinion is that this is an American doctor who exerts great influence within the World Bank group, including the appointment of a governor. expressed a statement.”

– You damn Yankee barbarians! You’re swinging your fists all the time! Do these arrogant bastards know what world cops they are? In the next 20 or 10 years, if China becomes a great power, it will surely pay back this national shame…

– In the first place, you people in the People’s Liberation Army suppressed it too loudly, so this is what happened! The uproar took place in Beijing, but places like Amen Shanghai and Guangzhou are now completely portrait houses! Even if it was suppressed, you should have avoided being caught on camera! shit! I moved to the business because my hometown was developing, but if I had known this would happen, I should have stayed in Singapore all the time!

Of course, there were voices concerned about this series of movements.

Most of them were cautious opinions, conscious of the harsh public opinion on China, but there were concerns that sanctions against China, which is expected to become the world’s subcontractor production base and the largest consumer market, would further weaken free trade. It was an opinion.

– Governor Clinton. In a private meeting, you expressed the opinion that economic sanctions on China seem a bit too far-fetched. Do you have anything to say about this?

– Oh, please don’t get me wrong. As a US citizen and Democrat, I am deeply concerned about the violations of freedom and democracy in China. I am merely raising a reasonable doubt that such overreaction will damage the national interest of the United States and world trade in the future.

– Could you please elaborate a bit more?

– Half of the world’s t-shirts are probably made in China. If these sanctions cause the Chinese economy to regress, and furthermore, China to become a more closed country, will it really promote human rights in China? Personally, I wonder if there is a political intention behind this short-sighted response by the current President Bush and the Republican Party to be popular with a tough look!

Indeed, China’s low wages were becoming an increasingly important factor in the increasingly complex supply chains of increasingly large and powerful multinational corporations.

Entrepreneurs from different countries, who had invested in factories in China and enjoyed the benefits to the fullest, were already annoyed by the announcement of various sanctions, but already turned their eyes to finding a country that could replace China.

Developing countries with cheap labor, favorable geographical locations for trade, and business-friendly and decidedly low-tax governments.

And, watching the series of flows and waiting for the right time, Kim Jeong-hwan, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, finally decided it was time to move.

“This year, autumn agricultural production is bountiful, no, this is not a good harvest……”

As Jeonghwan muttered while flipping over the papers, the Politburo members swallowed their saliva, and the general secretary was waiting anxiously for what kind of shocking order he was going to give today.

However, although some of them were already nervous, none of them had any dissatisfaction or rejection on their faces.

It had only been a year since he took office, but Jung-hwan had already almost certainly, at least superficially, completely dominated the party government.

However, Junghwan could not let go of the thought that there were still weakly dissatisfied forces or those who doubted him.

“Combining various analyses, rather than a bountiful harvest followed by climate and luck, the production efficiency of individual farms has greatly improved. Now, if you farm well, it would be natural that the more you build it, the more they will have.”

“This is because the drastic decision to reduce government purchases led by the general secretary and to give autonomous disposition rights to comrades in the agricultural army has paid off. It is truly a leadership that will remain in the history of the Korean people!”

“I guess my comrades think so too. Then the time has come.”

“……?”

When Jeonghwan said so and put down the papers, the Politburo members, who were waiting for them to flatter, tilted their heads with ‘?’ faces.

However, a few people including Jang Song-taek and Hyun Young-sook, to be more precise, a group of people centered on the party’s economic ministry officials, changed their expressions as if they knew something.

“…there must have been party officials and cabinet workers that I already knew, but now I’m making an official announcement here. We, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, will now walk away from the planned economy system and walk the path of capitalist market economy and reform and opening.”

“…………Ummm…!!!”

“…Also…!!!”

Jeonghwan’s declaration caused ripples like waves spreading across the Politburo meeting table.

Of course, they also have eyes and ears, and as they are the most sensitive to political change (those who do not have gone to kyohwaso in the past), it is only known that the young general secretary is interested in the Chinese style of reform and opening, abandoning the socialism that has supported the republic. could

The question was how firm the will was.

When the four major routes were announced at the party congress a year ago, most of them said ‘just in case’.

When the Juche ideology was not mentioned in the party rules and the individual rights of disposition of the self-employed were acknowledged, the general secretary was a young person, so he thought he was trying to change something.

However, within the Chosun Central Broadcasting System, there was talk of using talented people to produce and air a comedy program, announcing a statement condemning China, a friend of China for 40 years, and seeing the British ambassador from the U.S. imperialist parent country, the capitalist head of the country, come and go in and out of Pyongyang in the past year. Looking at them, they were sure.

‘The general secretary is really trying to introduce capitalism into the republic now!’

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Not long ago, the Ministry of Light Industry and the Ministry of Military Industry were merged under the Ministry of Economy, and the Ministry of Statistics was newly established in its place because of the inefficiency of the Party’s specialized departments.

To a member of the Politburo who carefully asked the reason, the general secretary even left a note saying, ‘Accurate statistics are the basis for establishing a national economic development strategy’.

Yes, if we were to introduce capitalism, by the way, the question was to what extent was the greatest fear of those sitting in the seat.

Hopefully, the general secretary will destroy even the Workers’ Party of Korea, the party of his father, the leader, who founded this Joseon…

“Oh, nothing to worry about. There may be storms and winds, but I also put the stability of the system first. This republic will continue to exist under the rule of our party and military.”

‘Wow!’

A sigh of relief passed through the hearts of the Politburo members who were seated.

In fact, what most of them were worried about was not pure regret for the decline of Marxism, but merely the realistic reason that if the party disappeared or its power weakened, the positions of the Politburo members themselves would be in jeopardy.

It was also the result of Kim Jong-il’s continuous selection of those who had the courage and conviction to speak out against the supreme leader over the past decade.

“If you have any comrades to oppose, tell me now. The general secretary is going to make a decision after collecting all opinions.”

“……Comrade Hong Chasu. Comrade Chasu…?”

“We’re the military, haven’t you always been on the side of the general secretary? If the general secretary ordered, I immediately took the lead from this Honggyeseong with the heart of a branch jumping into a wood fire. Heh heh heh.”

‘That sesame oiled fox Ganna!’

Hong Gye-seong’s flattering affirmation, declaring the military’s support for Jeong-hwan, lit up the faces of Jang Seong-taek and party officials, as well as some Politburo members.

However, unless Hong Gye-seong, representing the military, who was expected to be the most opposed, did not object, the introduction of the market economy system in the Republic was as good as passed.

“Okay then, let’s assume that everyone agrees and move on. Oh, the current manager, can I ask you something?”

“I am absolutely in favor of the general secretary’s policy of opening up, along with other party workers and executives. But if we try to change all the elements too much (hurriedly), won’t it spread to the people as well as the degenerate, bourgeois, linguistic customs of the West? That could be a serious hazard to our party and the leadership of the General Secretary.”

“It’s worrying enough. But you are already prepared for that. Everyone, see this place.”

Where Jeong-hwan pointed out, there was an evangelism from North Korea, and next to him was Choi Seung-il, who had recently returned from a kyohwaso, and received attention as a new henchman of the general secretary, next to Kim Young-nam.

Eventually, Kim Young-nam coughed once, as if embarrassed, and started talking.

“Hum, comrades, I recently went to China to receive a task under the direction of the general secretary and the party, and I saw a lot of things. Of course, I had visited many times under the direction of the party before that, but it was changing day by day. The old saying “Sangjeonbyeokhae” comes to mind.”

“Comrade Chairman Kim has been on diplomatic missions to China under my orders this time. It was in order to seek the understanding of Comrade Deng Xiaoping that the last accusation statement was only temporary and not the intention of Nana or the Republic. And that’s where I got results.”

“Heh heh… Comrade Deng Xiaoping expressed his understanding of the general secretary’s position. They say that there are only enemies everywhere, but the only thing you can trust is a clan. Moreover, he expressed satisfaction with the fact that Joseon was on the path of reform and opening up. This is even more so because there are still many people in their country who do not understand Comrade Deng’s policies. Thanks to you, I was able to get the loan again this time. Then Comrade Choi Seung-il, who is now a new member of the party, will give a detailed explanation .”