Li Deyan
Xi’s Former Defense Chiefs Accused of Derailing Taiwan Invasion Ambitions
On May 7, a Chinese military court announced suspended death sentences for former Chinese Defense Ministers Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu, a development widely viewed as one of the harshest military purges under Chinese Communist...
Chinese Authorities Announce Investigation Into Hefei Party Chief Fei Gaoyun
On May 6, Chinese authorities announced that Fei Gaoyun, the Communist Party secretary of Hefei and a senior official in Anhui Province, was placed under investigation for “serious violations of discipline and law,” the standard...
China Expels Former Securities Chief Yi Huiman in Major Corruption Crackdown
China's top anti-corruption body, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, announced on April 30, 2026, that Yi Huiman, the former chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, the country's main securities watchdog, had been expelled...
China’s Top Financial Regulator Li Yunze Reportedly Removed or Demoted
Reports circulating in Chinese and international media suggest that Li Yunze, head of China’s top financial watchdog, may have been removed from his post amid allegations of misconduct. According to reporting by Hong Kong’s Ming...
8 Xinjiang Officials Probed for ‘Discipline Violations’ After Ma Xingrui’s Downfall
A series of disciplinary investigations in China’s Xinjiang region has intensified scrutiny of local governance following the reported fall of senior official and staunch Xi loyalist, Ma Xingrui. In the weeks surrounding Ma's removal, at...
Questions Mount Over Li Xi as Politburo Meeting Signals Uncertainty in Beijing
A late-April meeting of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) top leadership has drawn attention among China watchers, with analysts pointing to both the official readout and recent personnel developments as potential indicators of underlying economic...
China’s Power Brokers Under Siege as Security Chief and Key ‘Gatekeepers’ Face Scrutiny
A wave of personnel reshuffles and disciplinary investigations across China’s political and security system has drawn attention to potential internal shifts within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), with analysts pointing to signs of tightening control...
Ma Xingrui Allegedly Breaks Down, Confesses And Implicates Top Standing Committee Members
Recently, there have been revelations claiming that during the investigation, Ma Xingrui suffered a mental breakdown and disclosed many individuals he was not supposed to name, involving multiple top-level national Standing Committee members. Some analysts...
Leaked CCP Social Media System Allegedly Reconstructs Real-World Identities
Recently, a screenshot allegedly showing an internal social media analysis system used by China’s public security authorities has been circulating online. The image shows that by entering an account and selecting its social media platform,...
Beijing Staged an Anti-Corruption Story the Day After US Forces Seized a Ship That Had Docked in China
The underlying incident had already leaked onto Chinese social media in March 2026, when a video began circulating showing a man in a dress shirt slumped across a cabin doorway, blocking a line of passengers...
Zhou Liang, Former Aide to Wang Qishan, Removed From Post Amid Corruption Probe
Zhou Liang, a longtime aide to former Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan and deputy director of China’s National Financial Regulatory Administration, is under investigation for “serious violations of discipline and law,” according to official Chinese...
CCDI Secretary Li Xi Faces Pressure Amid Reported Political Ties in Beijing
Political analysis Since the beginning of this year, former Xinjiang Party Secretary Ma Xingrui has fallen from power, while Evergrande boss Xu Jiayin and former Minister of Justice Tang Yijun have appeared in public trials....