【中国观察2020年12月20日讯】据党媒报导，12月18日下午，中央军委晋升上将军衔警衔仪式，在北京八一大楼举行。中央军委主席习近平向晋升上将军衔警衔的军官警官颁发命令状。
仪式结束后，习近平等人同晋升上将军衔警衔的军官警官合影。
评论人士杨威在《大纪元》刊文说，党媒发布的视频里没有看到习近平的笑容，令规模不大的授衔仪式显得相当肃杀。习似乎曾努力要挤出一点笑容，最终却没有做到，反倒更显愁容。
不过，党媒报导，习近平当天还参加了中央经济工作会议，在长达14多分钟的视频中，主要是习近平在讲话，大多数时间习都面带微笑。
为什么到了傍晚习近平就笑不出来呢？杨威分析说，中共新一轮内忧外患之际，习在经济工作会议上的笑容，恐怕故作姿态；傍晚授衔仪式笑不出来，或许是白天作秀太疲劳，或许是故意扮严肃，也或许再次愁从心来。
7月29日，习近平也曾在北京八一大楼亲自晋升将领，当时现场气氛也是一片愁云惨淡。习近平更是愁容满面，罕见地是，只有火箭军政治委员徐忠波一个人被授予上将军衔。
杨威分析说，当时，习近平借机展示军权，这一次应该也是类似的情况。
这次晋升上将军衔警衔的军官警官包括：军委后勤保障部政治委员郭普校、西部战区司令员张旭东、战略支援部队政治委员李伟、武警部队司令员王春宁。
郭普校是陕西耀县人，2019年12月调任中央军委后勤保障部政治委员。2018年7月才晋升中将军衔，两年多就晋升上将，应是习近平认为的心腹。
张旭东刚调任西部战区司令员，去年10月1日，曾担任天安门阅兵仪式副总指挥，也是2018年7月才晋升中将军衔。也应是习近平破格提拔的心腹。
李伟刚调任战略支援部队政治委员，2016年7月晋升中将。现在成了六大军种之一的政治委员，也晋升为上将；王春宁刚升任武警部队司令员，如今正式成为上将。
杨威说，习近平上台后，把武警收归到军委，自然担心犯上作乱，但似乎始终是一块心病。又一轮内斗的关键时刻，习近平籍此展示军权。他在试图阻止党内对他的质疑，急于维系岌岌可危的权力，军权被视为最后的杀手锏。
另外，目前正值南海、台海局势紧张之际，习近平近期不断放风备战打仗。
也有观察家认为，习近平此时晋升上将，是他已经意识到中共政权内外危机恶化，而握紧“枪杆子”成为最后救命稻草。
10月13日，习近平视察广东潮州海军陆战队时，再次强调备战打仗；11月25日，中央军委军事训练会议上，以及11月30日中共政治局会议上，习持续 强调聚焦聚力备战打仗。
《北京之春》荣誉主编胡平认为，习近平近期把目光放到中共军人身上，目的是强化个人权利，而且他好大喜功的个性，认为唯有透过打一仗才能确立其地位。
自由时报引述分析说，习的意思是要准备与美国打仗，在台海与南海两处的反对势力都是美国，因此中共军队各项行动，都有与美国一分高下的意味，现在处于叫骂阶段。
就在12月中旬，中共军队拒绝参加与美军的一次正常沟通会议，宣称美军要增设议题，所以不参加。此举被认为是中共的又一大败笔，等于激化了美中军事对峙的态势。
On Dec. 18, Xi Jinping awarded four more admirals with the rank of police. (Video screenshot)
As the Chinese Communist regime is caught in a more serious internal and external crisis, Xi Jinping appeared at the Bayi Building in Beijing on December 18 to confer four general ranks on police officers. But the modest ceremony appeared to be quite solemn. The video of the scene can be seen, Xi Jinping is full of sad face. This has led to public speculation.
[China Watch, Dec. 20, 2020] According to party media reports, the Central Military Commission held a ceremony to promote the rank of general to the rank of police in the afternoon of Dec. 18 at the Bayi Building in Beijing. Xi Jinping, chairman of the Central Military Commission, presented a certificate of command to officers who were promoted to the rank of general.
After the ceremony, Xi Jinping and others pose for a photo with the officers and policemen promoted to the rank of general.
On Dec. 18, Xi Jinping awarded four more police ranks to the rank of general. (Video screenshot)
Commentator Yang Wei said in an article in the Epoch Times that Xi's smile was not visible in the video released by the party media, making the modest ranking ceremony seem rather solemn. Xi appears to have tried hard to put on a smile, but in the end failed to do so, instead showing more sadness.
However, party media reported that Xi also attended the Central Economic Work Conference that day, and that Xi was mainly speaking during the 14-minute video, most of the time with a smile on his face.
Why was Xi not smiling by the evening? Yang Wei analyzed that Xi's smile at the economic work conference was a staged gesture at a time when the Chinese Communist Party is experiencing a new round of internal and external troubles; perhaps he was too tired to smile during the daytime show, or perhaps he was deliberately playing serious, or perhaps he was worried again.
On July 29, Xi Jinping also personally promoted generals at the 81st building in Beijing, and the atmosphere at that time was also one of sadness and gloom. Xi Jinping is even more sad face, rare is, only rocket army political commissar Xu Zhongbo a person was awarded the rank of general.
Yang Wei analyzed that at that time, Xi Jinping took the opportunity to show military power, and this time it should be a similar situation.
The officer police officers promoted to the rank of general this time include: Guo Pu-colonel, political commissar of the Logistics and Security Department of the Military Commission; Zhang Xudong, commander of the Western War Zone; Li Wei, political commissar of the Strategic Support Force; and Wang Chunning, commander of the Armed Police Force.
Guo Pu-colonel, a native of Yao County, Shaanxi, was transferred to the political commissioner of the Central Military Commission's Logistics Security Department in December 2019. he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general only in July 2018 and to general in just over two years, and should be considered a beloved member of Xi Jinping.
Zhang Xudong, who was just transferred to the commander of the Western Theater and served as deputy commander-in-chief of the Tiananmen parade on Oct. 1 last year, was also promoted to the rank of lieutenant general only in July 2018. It should also be Xi Jinping's heartthrob who was promoted by breaking ranks.
Li Wei was just transferred to the political committee of the Strategic Support Force and promoted to lieutenant general in July 2016. He has now become a political member of one of the six major military services and was also promoted to general; Wang Chunning was just promoted to commander of the Armed Police Force and is now officially a general.
Yang Wei said that after Xi Jinping came to power, he brought the Armed Police under the military commission, naturally worried about committing a crime, but it always seemed to be a piece of mind. At a crucial moment in another round of infighting, Xi is using this as a way to demonstrate his military power. Military power is seen as a last resort as he tries to stop the party from questioning him and is eager to maintain his precarious power.
At a time of tensions in the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait, Xi Jinping has continued to make statements about preparing for war. Schematic diagram (Getty Images)
In addition, at a time when tensions are high in the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait, Xi Jinping has recently been releasing rumors of war preparations.
Some observers believe that Xi Jinping's promotion to general at this time is a sign that he is aware of the worsening crisis inside and outside the Communist regime, and that holding on to the "barrel of the gun" has become the last straw.
On Oct. 13, Xi Jinping inspected the Marine Corps in Chaozhou, Guangdong Province, and again emphasized preparation for war; on Nov. 25, at a meeting of the Central Military Commission on military training, and on Nov. 30, at a meeting of the Communist Party's Political Bureau, Xi continued to emphasize focus on preparation for war.
According to Hu Ping, editor-in-chief emeritus of Beijing Spring, Xi's recent focus on the CCP's military is aimed at strengthening his personal power, and his personality is so big that he believes the only way to establish his position is to fight a war.
The Free Times quoted an analysis that Xi means to prepare for a war with the U.S. The opposing forces in both the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea are the U.S. Therefore, the various actions of the Chinese Communist Party military have the implication of a point of high and low with the U.S., which is now at the stage of shouting and scolding.
The photo shows Colonel Michael Spake, director of the Northeast Asia Policy Division of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, waiting for representatives of the Chinese Communist military to participate in a three-day video dialogue meeting at Camp Smith in Hawaii. (U.S. Indo-Pacific Command)
As recently as mid-December, the Chinese Communist Party military refused to participate in a normal communication meeting with the U.S. military, claiming that the U.S. military wanted to add topics to the meeting and therefore would not participate. This move is considered another major defeat for the CCP and amounts to an intensification of the U.S.-China military standoff.