"By Stephen McDonell
China corresp."
"The death of a leader in China can usher in big changes, it did after Mao Zedong, or can lead to political upheaval, like it did when grieving for Hu Yaobang morphed into the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests.
For this reason, the passing of former premier Li Keqiang has already triggered various measures to ensure that stability is maintained.
A crackdown on VPN use is under way to reduce the access of Chinese citizens to the parts of the internet not controlled by the (CCP).
The Party doesn't want mourning for a popular, liberal, former number two leader to generate wider criticism of the current administration, led by Xi Jinping.
It is not just that Li died so suddenly, suffering a heart attack just months after stepping down, but because of what he represented: a way of potentially governing China with different priorities to those of the General Secretary Xi."
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-67236049
https://gnews.org/m/1886028
https://gnews.org/m/1888168
