Li Deyan
Dong Jun to Miss Singapore Security Forum for Second Straight Year
According to Reuters, Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun may skip the upcoming Shangri-La Dialogue where U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is scheduled to make a keynote speech. Dong had previously drawn attention and ridicule after...
Beijing Tightens Grip on AI Talent, Restricting Travel for Top Researchers
China is reportedly expanding restrictions on overseas travel for some of the country’s leading artificial intelligence experts, signaling Beijing’s growing determination to treat AI talent and technology as strategic national assets. According to a May...
Leadership Shake-Up at Peking University Fuels Speculation of CCP Power Struggles
The recent leadership reshuffle at Peking University has once again sparked chatter about internal political tensions within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). On May 23, Chinese state media announced that Gao Song had been appointed...
White House Area Shooting Leaves Gunman Dead, One Bystander Injured
On the afternoon of May 23, 2026, a shooting occurred near the White House in Washington, D.C. A reporter at the scene heard dozens of gunshots. The U.S. Secret Service quickly responded and exchanged fire...
Bloomberg Identifies 81 Chinese Firms in Beijing’s Record Missile Buildup
A Bloomberg analysis published Tuesday, May 12, 2026, identified 81 publicly listed Chinese companies that disclosed manufacturing missile components in 2025, more than double the number that did so during Xi Jinping's first year as...
Xi Jinping’s Wife Peng Liyuan Skipped Trump Summit and Has Vanished From Public Diplomacy — Beijing Is Silent
From the moment Air Force One touched down at Beijing Capital Airport on May 14, 2026, something was conspicuously missing. Peng Liyuan, who has been one of the CCP's most reliable instruments of soft power...
Chinese Security Repeatedly Blocked White House Press, Secret Service During Trump-Xi Beijing Summit
President Donald Trump completed his China visit on Friday, May 15, 2026, departing Beijing after a two-day state summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Behind the visible diplomatic ceremony, May 14 produced an unusual sequence...
Trump Accuses Beijing of Arming Iran After Seized Tanker Found Carrying Missile Components
President Donald Trump publicly contradicted Chinese leader Xi Jinping in an April 21, 2026 CNBC interview, telling the network that the Iranian-flagged tanker Touska, seized by the U.S. Navy two days earlier after attempting to...
Former Hubei Governor Investigated as Beijing Revisits COVID-Era Fallout
Former Hubei governor Wang Xiaodong, a senior Chinese official closely associated with the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, is now under formal investigation by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities. Analysts say the...
Trump Press Corps Detained in Beijing at Xi Summit
Trump arrived in Beijing on the evening of May 13. According to the New York Post (NYP), the following morning, he met Xi at the Great Hall of the People, the cavernous ceremonial building the...
Deadly Hunan Factory Blast Raises Questions Over Military-Grade Materials
A massive explosion at the Huasheng Fireworks Factory in Liuyang, Hunan Province, during China’s May Day holiday has triggered backlash among analysts and netizens, with some questioning whether the blast involved materials far beyond ordinary...
Chongqing Police Chief Zhang Anjiang Dies at 55, Extending a Long Pattern of Fallen Officials in the City
Zhang Anjiang, vice mayor and public security bureau director of the southwestern Chinese megacity of Chongqing, died on Thursday, May 7, 2026, at the age of 55. State-run Chongqing Daily, citing official Chinese sources, reported...