Tag: authoritarian governance
Why The Economist Says Cai Qi May Be the Most Dangerous Man Standing Next to Xi Jinping
Cai Qi is fifth in the Politburo Standing Committee's formal ranking but functionally sits second only...
China’s Secret Police Are Targeting Young People Who Refuse to Work Hard — and History Shows What Comes
China's Ministry of State Security, the country's primary spy and political policing agency, has declared...
Inside Beijing’s Jingxi Hotel: Accounts Detail CCP Investigations and Asset Seizures
The gray building sits on the western extension of Chang'an Avenue, Beijing's ceremonial spine, and in...
Wuhan’s Former Mayor Charged With Bribery After Publicly Blaming Beijing for COVID-19 Cover-Up
On April 16, 2026, China's Supreme People's Procuratorate, the Party-controlled body that oversees criminal...
Hong Kong Sends Uncharged Protesters to Mainland China Under ‘Rehabilitation’ Program, Critics Cite Coercion
When Hong Kong police cracked down on the 2019 protests against a proposed extradition law, which would...
Xi Jinping’s Purge Expands to Local Leaders as New CCP Campaign Targets Officials Across China
China's local governments are drowning in debt, and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has found its scapegoats...
Xi Jinping’s Chinese New Year Grassroots Visit Video Draws Online Ridicule, Authenticity Questioned
By Li Muzi Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping made a pre–Chinese New Year visit to grassroots...
How the CCP Made Military Rebellion Structurally Impossible
By Fu Longshan From the outside, the question sounds crude but persistent. If internal power struggles...
Zhao Leji Allegedly Backing Zhang Youxia in Rare Public Break With Xi Jinping
By Jian Yi Roughly a decade ago, the Chinese Communist Party publicly acknowledged an unusual vulnerability...
How Far Will Xi Jinping Go? The Military Purge That Reveals the Endgame of Personal Rule in China
By Li Zhide The rapid hollowing-out of the 20th Central Military Commission (CMC) has become the clearest...
Zhang Youxia Arrest Rumors Trigger Coded Messages and Silent Resistance Within China’s Military
By Xiao Ran Reports that former Central Military Commission Vice Chairman Zhang Youxia has fallen...
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...