Tag: CCP leadership
Deng Xiaoping’s Hidden Face: The Calculated Silence Behind China’s ‘Reform Era’ Architect
Deng Xiaoping, who served as the Chinese Communist Party's de facto top leader from the late 1970s through...
How the CCP’s Plan to Prevent a Second Cultural Revolution Produced Xi Jinping
In the 1980s, the CCP's senior leadership in the Zhongnanhai compound attempted a political experiment...
Xi Jinping Moved Off Center Stage at China’s 2026 Two Sessions
By Jian Yi At the 2026 Two Sessions, the Chinese Communist Party's annual legislative theater, Xi...
Xi Jinping’s Chinese New Year Speech Signals Retreat as Every Top Retired Leader Skips the Party’s Annual
Stone-faced officials turned a holiday celebration into a wake On Feb. 14, the Party held its annual...
Yang Dezhong, the ‘Chief Bodyguard of Zhongnanhai,’ and the CCP’s Inner-Court Power Struggles
Inside the compound at Zhongnanhai, the seat of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership in Beijing...
Inside the ‘Seven Princelings’ Scandal Behind Xi Jinping’s Biggest Purge of 2026
By Li Deyan The Chinese Communist Party announced on Feb. 10, 2026, that Yi Lianhong—former Party...
Xi Jinping’s First Political Purge Began With a Warning to His Predecessors
By Tian Xuebin At a recent meeting of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC...
China Has No Succession Law—Only Political Reckoning
Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, the Chinese Communist Party has never resolved...
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...
Xi Warns of Growing Uncertainty as Graft Probes Ensnare Over 4,000 CCP Officials
By Li Deyan A recent Communist Party seminar for provincial- and ministerial-level officials has drawn...
Xi Jinping’s Shortened CCDI Speech Signals Eroding Authority
By Jingyao Li From Jan. 12 to 14, the Chinese Communist Party convened the Fifth Plenary Session of...
US Hypersonic Weapons Spark Anxiety Over Xi Jinping’s Security on Chinese Social Media
A recent visit by senior U.S. defense officials to a military facility in Alabama has unexpectedly ignited...