Chapter 29 — The Protection of Civilians and State Continuity During the Party-state’s Dissolution and the Period of Regime Change Refusal to Repress, Neutrality of the Military and Police, Halting Violence and Maintaining Order, Strategic Security, and the Guarantee of Basic Livelihood (The Phase of Upheaval)
Focus：CORE ARGUMENT OF THIS CHAPTER. This chapter addresses the most urgent questions that arise when the regime changes abruptly — especially once retaliatory violence has already spread and the military, the police, and local power have begun to fracture: how to avert massacres by the military and police, mob lynchings, retaliation by blacklist, the collective punishment of family members, ethnic conflict, looting, famine, the interruption of medical care, financial collapse, and the loss of control over strategic weapons. The core concern is not who seizes victory first, but rather first to sever the chain of killing, protect lives, and maintain the state and its public services, and then to swiftly bring interim power under legal and democratic oversight; the introduction of external guidance and monitoring from the United States, Japan, Europe, and Taiwan, among others, can serve as a support for halting violence and maintaining order, for state continuity, and for strategic security.
This chapter: 8 sections.
This chapter addresses the most urgent questions that arise when the regime changes abruptly — especially once retaliatory violence has already spread and the military, the police, and local power have begun to fracture: how to avert massacres by the military and police, mob lynchings, retaliation by blacklist, the collective punishment of family members, ethnic conflict, looting, famine, the interruption of medical care, financial collapse, and the loss of control over strategic weapons. The core concern is not who seizes victory first, but rather first to sever the chain of killing, protect lives, and maintain the state and its public services, and then to swiftly bring interim power under legal and democratic oversight; the introduction of external guidance and monitoring from the United States, Japan, Europe, and Taiwan, among others, can serve as a support for halting violence and maintaining order, for state continuity, and for strategic security.
SCOPE AND CLASSIFICATION BOUNDARY. This chapter provides only a high-level, protective framework for public governance; it does not address operational details such as seizing government organs, controlling weapons, breaking through security cordons, attacking targets, or secret communications. All emergency powers must be time-limited, must leave a record, and must be subject to judicial and public oversight.
This chapter: 8 sections.
- CH-029.1 29-1 Halting Repression, Refusing Unlawful Orders, and Protecting Lives
- CH-029.2 29-2 The Neutralization of the Military, the People’s Armed Police, Public Security, and the Intelligence System
- CH-029.3 29-3 Preventing Lynching, Retaliation, Looting, and Intergroup Harm
- CH-029.4 29-4 The Continuity of Food, Medical Care, Energy, Communications, and Finance
- CH-029.5 29-5 The Security of Nuclear Weapons, Munitions, Hazardous Facilities, and Digital Infrastructure
- CH-029.6 29-6 International Humanitarian and Security Collaboration and the Protection of Refugees
- CH-029.7 29-7 A Map of the Nation’s Lifelines: Critical Posts, Facilities, Supplies, Command, and Local Emergency Plans
- CH-029.8 29-8 International Protection, External Deterrence, and Bringing the Upheaval to a Close
Civilian protection amid large-scale political change has mature international norms: the four Geneva Conventions and their protocols, Red Cross access rules, and the UN's Responsibility to Protect (2005). The transfer of nuclear command during the Soviet dissolution (arranged through the Lisbon Protocol, 1991–94) is the key precedent for safe transition of strategic weapons.
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