CHINA
Xi Jinping’s Military Purge and the PLA: Why the Fall of Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli Matters
By Chen Jing Who is Liu Zhenli? In a previous article, we examined Zhang Youxia through the perspective of U.S. officials. This analysis turns to Liu Zhenli—a figure sharply distinct from Zhang and from the...
China’s Fruit Market Collapse Signals a Deepening Economic Chill Under CCP Rule
A nationwide fruit glut takes hold Truck after truck of fruit is going unsold across China. From wholesale markets to roadside stalls, cherries, mandarins, strawberries, and other produce are piling up in multiple regions. As...
Hu Jintao Reportedly Warned Xi Jinping to Step Down as Hu Chunhua Reappears and PLA Power Balance Shifts
By Li Jingyao After reportedly moving against Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli—both senior figures tied to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), the armed forces of the Chinese Communist Party—Xi Jinping met separately with Finnish and...
PLA Seats Vacant at Politburo Meeting as Taiwan Policy Emerges as Core Rift Between Xi and Zhang
By Li Deyan The Chinese Communist Party recently convened a Central Politburo meeting. One conspicuous and awkward detail stood out: both military representatives of the 20th Politburo—Zhang Youxia and He Weidong—were absent. State broadcaster CCTV...
Chen Jingyu Defends China’s Organ Transplant System, Triggers Fierce Online Criticism
By Li Muzi The Chinese Communist Party’s organ harvesting practices have drawn sustained international attention and condemnation. Recently, Chen Jingyu, vice president of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine and promoted...
CCP Insider Alleges China’s Pandemic Deaths Exceed 500 Million, Organ Harvesting Killed 14 Million in 2025
By Cai Siyun Whistleblower claims pandemic death toll far higher than official figures A whistleblower identified as an insider within China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs—a central government body responsible for population, social welfare, and demographic...
PLA Orders Go Silent as Xi jinping’s Military Purges Hollow Out Command
By Xiao Ran Military purges and hollow orders: a regime problem, not a personnel problem The downfall of Central Military Commission (CMC)—the Chinese Communist Party’s highest military command body—Vice Chairman Zhang Youxia, a career PLA...
Xi Jinping, the PLA, and the Lessons of the 1991 Soviet Coup
‘Dad, wake up—there’s been a coup’ “Dad, wake up! There’s been a coup!” A girl rushes into a room, shouting. Her father, half-asleep, replies groggily: “That’s illegal.” For Chinese audiences today, this exchange immediately evokes...
What Shen Yun’s Dancers Carry Onto the Stage
When the curtain rises on a Shen Yun performance, audiences see luminous silk sleeves, airborne leaps, and stories drawn from China’s ancient past. What they do not immediately see are the lives carried quietly onto...
