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[Editor's note: In anticipation of the transition of power from Hu Jintao to Xi Jinping, Study Times' Deputy Copy Editor Deng Yuwen published a three-part series on the political heritage of Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao. In the first part, he praised Hu and Wen's achievements. [1] In the second part, he listed ten major problems left in their wake and stated, "In their ten years in power, many huge problems were created and the problems outnumbered the achievements. " [2] In the third part, he advocated for a transition in the economic structure and for political reform. [3] Shortly after they were published, his articles were taken down from media sites in China. The following is a translation of part 2 of his article.]
Part 2: The Hu-Wen Political Heritage
In partoneof my article, I summarized theachievements of the Hu-Wen leadership. In summary, in the past ten years China's achievements were significant. Nonetheless, when there is success, there are also problems. Frankly speaking, in their ten years in power, many huge problems were created and the problems have outnumbered the achievements. For the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) itself, the biggest and most timely issue is that, while the Party is leading its people towards a well-off and prosperous standard of living, it also faces the issue of its legitimacy as the ruling party due to the fact that it has not been able to solve the issues of income disparity, aggravated corruption, effectively managing social integration, and meeting the request to return power to the people.
Moreover, in the past ten years, from the perspective of China's modernization process, the Hu-Wen leadership was not a ble to make improvements i ? the areas that I describe below. They even regressed. The problem areas include a lack of development in the transformation of the economic structure, which has prevented the formation of a society that relies on domestic consumption. The government has been unable to come up with an income allocation reform plan, which has resulted in a widening income disparity. Attempts were made to adjust and control the real estate market, but they had no obvious effect. Even though a social security system was developed, it remains at a primitive level. Residential status...