Li Deyan
The F-35 Tutorial That Went Viral in China—and May Have Reached Iran’s Military
On March 14, 2026, a Chinese engineer posting under the handle "Tiger Talks the World" published a detailed instructional video explaining how Iran could destroy American F-35 stealth fighters using low-cost systems. The video carried...
Corruption Scandal Hits China’s Top Academicians
As Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-manufactured air defense weapons and other systems are put to the test amid conflicts in Venezuela and Iran, questions have emerged about their real-world performance. At the same time, observers have...
Numerous Chinese Ships Trapped in Persian Gulf Amid Iran Conflict
Despite the Chinese Communist Party’s one-sided promotion of so-called “China-Iran friendship,” a large number of Chinese ships remain trapped in the Persian Gulf, afraid to force their way through the Strait of Hormuz. A Phoenix...
Over 300 Hikvision Executives and R&D Staff Detained in China
Recently, reports have emerged claiming that, due to suspicions of internal U.S. and Israeli spies, more than 300 people—including senior executives, R&D leadership, and technical staff at Hikvision, which provides surveillance systems to Venezuela and...
Xi Jinping Purged a Top Politburo Ally Ma Xingrui Over His Wife’s Secret Bribery Network, Insider Alleges
On April 3, 2026, state media outlet Xinhua announced that Ma Xingrui, a Politburo member and deputy head of the Central Rural Work Leading Group, was under investigation for "serious violations of Party discipline and...
Ma Xingrui Officially Removed By The CCP, First Details of New Position Revealed
A member of China's top leadership body, the CCP Politburo, has officially been announced as removed, and the CCP also disclosed his new position in the announcement. Ma Xingrui had been missing for a long...
Ex-Chinese Diplomat’s Detention Fuels Concerns as Mother Claims ‘Fabricated Case’
A growing controversy has emerged following reports that Yi Xianrong, former deputy consul general at the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco and former vice director of Hubei’s Civil Affairs Department, is being held in detention...
Video Shows 20-Step Security Protocol Around Xi Jinping’s Seat at China’s 2026 ‘Two Sessions’
A short video broadcast by Japan’s TBS Television has circulated widely online, offering an unusually detailed look at preparations inside the Great Hall of the People ahead of the closing session of China’s annual “Two...
Navy Deaths in China Raise Eyebrows as State Media Delays Announcements
Since the beginning of 2026, five retired senior officers of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) navy have died in rapid succession, including two lieutenant generals and three major generals. Notably, official Chinese state media and...
Beijing Detains Top Economist Ba Shusong Who Bridged Hong Kong’s Markets and CCP Power
In late March 2026, word emerged that Ba Shusong, the chief economist of the China Banking Association and a senior advisor at the Peking University HSBC Financial Research Institute, had lost contact with the outside...
Every US Military Victory Triggers a Military Purge in China: Commentary
On March 30, 2026, Miles Yu, the director of the China Center at the Hudson Institute and a leading U.S. expert on CCP military strategy, published an article in the Washington Times titled "Shock and...
Guo Yonghang’s Downfall Exposes Deep Ties to Ma Xingrui, Elite Political Networks
On March 27, Chinese authorities announced that Guo, vice chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, would be placed under investigation for “serious violations of discipline and law.” According...