CHINA
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...
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,...
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...
Recreating Stalin: The DNA Behind Xi Jinping’s All-Front Political Purge
By Jin Yan In the third decade of the 21st century, the global political order is undergoing deep...
Unprecedented PLA Silence Raises Questions Over Zhang Youxia’s Fate
By Dan Fengchen The shockwaves triggered by Zhang Youxia’s reported downfall have already overshadowed...
Dalian Bank Faces Retrial After 180 Million Yuan in Client Funds Vanish
By Cai Siyun A civil ruling recently released by China’s Supreme People’s Court has once again drawn...
Qian Mu Read a Party Proclamation for Three Minutes—and Chose Exile
By Chen Jing Saving a last breath for Chinese civilization: Qian Mu and the newspaper that decided...
Zhang Youxia’s Reported Fall Raises Taiwan Strait Risks; US Navy Veteran Questions PLA Landing Ability
By Lu Yixin Reports that Zhang Youxia, vice chairman of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Military...
Why Chinese People Prefer Hot Water While Much of the World Drinks Ice Water
From an early age, Chinese people are taught never to drink "raw," or unboiled, water. Over time, the...
