Retired Chinese soccer Hao Haidong calls for ouster of Communist Party
Beijing: In a transfer which is more likely to anger the Chinese management, retired Chinese soccer star Hao Haidong, 50, has overtly challenged China’s ruling Communist Party and referred to as for its ouster. The 53-minute video interview was launched on the YouTube channel of fugitive billionaire Guo Wengui, who’s shut with former Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon.
In the prolonged video, the soccer star swore allegiance to the ‘New Federal State of China’, a purported various to the ruling Communist Party of China established by Guo Wengui, who now lives in exile.
Notably, YouTube is blocked in China. It was not clear the place Hao was talking from within the video, or in one other on the identical YouTube channel. China’s international ministry is but to answer a remark request.
“I think the Chinese people should not be trampled upon by the Chinese Communist Party any more. I think this Communist Party should be kicked out of humanity. This is the conclusion I reached after 50 years of living,” he says within the video.
Haidong, a prolific scorer performed for the Chinese nationwide group greater than 100 instances, led China to its solely World Cup finals look, in 2002. He began his profession taking part in for the junior group of the People’s Liberation Army, rising to the rank of main. He was a serious star in China through the 1990s and 2000s, and is understood to have a residence in Spain.
He has been outspoken on social points and has criticised the Chinese soccer institution, incomes him the nickname ‘Cannon Hao’, however had not beforehand spoken out towards the Communist Party.
His Weibo account, which had greater than 7 million followers, appeared to have been eliminated on Thursday afternoon from the Twitter-like platform. All entries on him on Zhihu, a preferred question-and-answer web site, had additionally been eliminated.
(With Reuters inputs)
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