Tag: authoritarian control
China’s Military Command Body Issues Rules That Sideline Xi Jinping’s Authority
On May 27, China's state news agency Xinhua reported that the Central Military Commission (CMC), the...
Chinese Dissident Yi Haihua Goes Missing in Dubai After Automated Distress Letter Is Sent
Yi Haihua, a 45-year-old Guangzhou entrepreneur and dissident writer, spent over a decade building a...
Xinhua Drops Xi Jinping From a Line That Used to Place Him Alongside Mao Zedong
On April 8, 2026, China's official Xinhua News Agency released a set-piece article titled "Forging a...
How East Germany’s Stasi Destroyed an Entire Nation’s Ability to Trust
East Germany's Ministry for State Security, known as the Stasi, employed 91,000 full-time officers and...
Xi Jinping Signaled More Military Purges at the 2026 Two Sessions
Xi Jinping, the CCP's general secretary and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), China's...
Half the Podium Sat Empty at China’s Military Delegation Session
Since the 20th Party Congress in 2022, Xi Jinping, the CCP's general secretary and chairman of the Central...
Wang Huning’s Bow to Xi Sparks Online Ridicule
Wang Huning, the chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the CCP's...
CCP Two Sessions 2026: Beijing Posts Round-the-Clock Guards on Overpasses to Prevent Protest
Beijing locked down under an extraordinary security blanket this week as the Chinese Communist Party...
Purges of Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli Expose Xi Jinping’s Grip on the PLA
By Jian Yi “The People’s Liberation Army is facing a major crisis. The level of turmoil within its...
Exclusive: CCTV’s Historical Allegory Signals Elite Disquiet Over Xi Jinping’s Military Purge
By Jian Yi A broadcast that landed like a signal News of the downfall of Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli...
Death and Detention in Kuala Lumpur: Coincidence or Conspiracy Behind Taiwanese Star Namewee?
The case unfolded at a five-star hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. According to local media reports...
Nine Chinese Military Officials Including CMC Members Expelled in Rare Sweeping Purge Ahead of Party’
Beijing has dismissed nine high-ranking military officials—including two members of the powerful Central...