【新唐人2013年01月23日讯】1月21号，中共当局为15号去世的前中央军委秘书长杨白冰“送行”。值得关注的是，中共喉舌在报导党政要人名单时，与往常大为不同。中共前党魁江泽民不再居前，而是排到现职7常委之后。这个排名到底有什么含意﹖下面一起来看看专家怎么说。
中共喉舌《中央电视台》新闻联播报导，杨白冰的遗体21号在八宝山火化。报导宣称，胡锦涛、习近平、吴邦国、温家宝、贾庆林、李克强、张德江、俞正声、刘云山、王岐山、张高丽、江泽民等，曾前往医院看望，或通过各种形式对杨白冰的亲属进行慰问。
香港《苹果日报》报导，中共排名大有讲究，按以往排序，已经退位的江泽民，排名一般都在总书记后面，名义是中共对前任的“尊重”。报导说，按旧例，今年3月胡锦涛退去国家主席后，排名应该是“习、江、胡”，胡好歹可居“小三”。
但早前海外媒体传出，江泽民去年11月15号亲自致信习近平和政治局，主动提出今后排名他要“和其他老同志排在一起”。
如果按此排法，今年3月后，胡锦涛公开亮相时，排名只能居末尾，“连小三都没得做”。但也有人认为，这样一来，习近平上面就“减少一个婆婆”。
时事评论家文昭指出，从这个排名来看，这次排序并不是按照党内的排名来排的，而是按照所谓国家领导机构职务高低的顺序来排的。
时事评论家文昭：“其实是给江泽民一个特殊的，相对来说把他特殊化了，给他一个特殊的礼遇，并不表明他们之间没有斗争，它只是表面上要维持一个比较和谐，比较团结的形象。”
文昭表示，这个排名只能是江泽民向外界展示的一个信号，好像谁的影响力犹存。
去年，习近平在中共政治局高调推出“习八条”，被外界认为是巩固胡锦涛终结“老人干政”的成果。此后，12月22号至28号，6天的时间里，江泽民4次露面题词作赋，其中一次，他题词悼念已故心腹黄菊，公开挑衅习近平。
香港《动向》杂志透露，中共元老万里、乔石曾致信中共中央委员会和中纪委，呼吁解决江泽民在党内外非正常性活动及造成的影响。信中明确表明，应该阻止江泽民不适当的宣传活动，对江泽民关于中央方针、政策、人事等方面的意见，要作正常信函处理，不应该特殊对待。
据了解，元旦前夕，原中共政治局常委宋平，亲赴杭州劝告江泽民要“自我约束”、“保晚节”。
同时，“十八大”后， 前两任的中纪委书记尉健行和吴官正曾披露，2007年11月以来，中共党内、及社会各界，曾有高达2500多件反应江泽民的信函。
网路作家吴建国表示，江泽民退位后的干政非常出格，完全把自己当成了“太上皇”。
网路作家吴建国：“比如说在中共庆祝60年周年的建政仪式上，他竟然要混在政治局委员的前面，他自己什么职位也没有，还要混在政治局常委的前面当中，而且他那种表现，是对胡锦涛的不屑一顾的。”
此外，杨白冰是前中共主席杨尚昆的弟弟，过去两人有“杨家将”的称号。据传，江泽民当时就备受“杨家将”的箝制，江泽民于是对外放风说，“杨尚昆想取代邓小平”。邓小平最终下令“弃杨保江”。
华府的中国问题专家石藏山认为，江泽民这个排名的变化值得关注。他说，杨白冰是江泽民的死对头，在杨白冰“追悼会”上，首次将江泽民的排名降低，这是对江泽民极大的羞辱。
采访编辑/常春 后制/薛莉
Jiang Zemin’s Changing Rank Unraveled
On January 21, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities
attended the funeral of the Central Military Commission
former secretary-general, Yang Baibing, who died January 15.
It’s noteworthy that the Party and government dignitary list
was very different from the line-up usually found in reports of the CCP’s mouthpiece media.
The former CCP leader, Jiang Zemin, was placed after
the seven serving Standing Committee members,
instead of being put up top, as customary.
What’s the meaning behind Jiang’s ranking on the list?
—Let’s see what the experts say.
CCP mouthpiece media, CCTV, reported that the body of
deceased Central Military Commission secretary-general,
Yang Baibing had been cremated at Beijing’s Babaoshan
Revolutionary Cemetery, on January 21.
CCTV said, CCP leaders had visited the hospital or offered
condolences to Yang Baibing’s relatives in various forms.
The report listed some officials who offered condolences:
Hu Jintao; Xi Jinping; Wu Bangguo; Wen Jiabao; Jia Qinglin;
Li Keqiang; Zhang Dejiang; Yu Zhengsheng; Liu Yunshan;
Wang Qishan; Zhang Gaoli; and Jiang Zemin; among others.
Hong Kong’s Apple Daily reported that,
the CCP’s ranking is quite an art—in the past,
the retired leader Jiang Zemin was always ranked
second to the CCP General Secretary as a form of “respect”.
Apple Daily says, according to old customs, Hu Jintao should
be ranked in the third place, once he leaves office in March.
So to this custom, the list should read from top to bottom:
‘Xi Jinping’, ‘Jiang Zemin’, ‘Hu Jintao’.
However, overseas media had reported on November 15,
2012 that, Jiang Zemin had written a letter to Xi Jinping
and the CCP Politburo, saying that he wanted to be ranked
equally with the other old comrades from then on.
In that case, Hu Jintao may be ranked at the bottom in public
appearances from this March; not even making third place.
Some say, if that’s so, Xi will have one less person above him.
Commentator Wen Zhao points out that, this list gives
a message that the ranking does not accord with positions
in the CCP, but with the positions in the government.
[Wen Zhao]: “In fact, Jiang Zemin is quite specialized;
and the CCP gives him special courtesy.
But it does not mean there’s no struggle between them
—the harmonious, united image is just on the surface.”
Wen Zhao says, Jiang Zemin is just using the ranking to prove
to the outside world that he still holds influence.
In 2012, Xi Jinping had launched his “Eight Regulations”
announcing them in a lofty tone, to the CCP Politburo.
This action was recognized as a consolidation of Hu Jintao’s
stance—to stop the “intervention from the CCP’s elders”.
After that, Jiang Zemin made 4 public appearances within
6 days, between December 22 – 28; mainly making a show of his inscriptions and poems.
One particular inscription, which was written for a deceased
former confidant Huang Ju, openly provoked Xi Jinping.
The Trends Magazine in Hong Kong revealed that,
two patriarchs of the CCP, Wan Li and Qiao Shi, had noted
Jiang Zemin’s abnormal activities inside and outside the CCP.
The two sent a letter to the CCP’s Central Committee
and the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection,
calling on them to resolve the impact of Jiang’s behavior,
clearly indicating that such activities must be prevented.
It also showed that Jiang Zemin’s views on the CCP’s central
principles, policies and personnel should be dealt with
through the normal processes; without any special courtesy.
Former Politburo Standing Committee member, Song Ping,
is known to have visited Jiang Zemin in Hang Zhou City
around last New Year’s Eve, telling Jiang to be more
“self-restrained” and to “maintain the parade”.
At the same time, after the 18th CCP national congress,
two former secretaries of the CCP Central Commission
for Discipline Inspection, Wei Jianxing and Wu Guanzheng,
disclosed that there had been up to 2,500 criticizing letters
against Jiang Zemin, from the CCP and other communities since November 2007.
Internet writer Wu Jianguo says that, Jiang Zemin’s
involvement became really outrageous after his resignation
and that Jiang treats himself like an “overlord”.
[Wu Jianguo]: “For example, in the CCP’s 60-year
anniversary ceremony of the establishment of the regime,
Jiang was ranked before Politburo members,
yet he doesn’t have any official position.
Jiang was even ranked together with members of
the Politburo Standing Committee and his performance
showed that he despised Hu Jintao.”
There is a story spreading of the “Yang Family”—of former
CCP Chairman Yang Shangkun and his younger brother
Yang Baibing—who are said to have suppressed Jiang Zemin.
Therefore, Jiang Zemin had said at the time: “Yang Shangkun
wants to replace Deng Xiaoping”—causing Deng Xiaoping
to abandon Yang and keep Jiang.
China expert Shi Cangchan in Washington D. C. says,
people should be concerned with Jiang Zemin’s rank change.
He says, since Yang Baibing was Jiang’s rival, it’s a big shame
for Jiang to hold the lower ranking at Yang’s funeral.
