Tag: CCP politics
Zhu Rongji and the CCP’s Politics of Death: How Obituaries and Mourning Are Used to Enforce Power
By Fu Longshan Medical care for top CCP leaders is handled entirely by the Central Guard Bureau and...
The Purge of a Top Chinese General Signals a Dangerous Turning Point for Xi Jinping’s Military
By Cai Siyun A break in the pattern: online opinion turns against Xi For years, when senior officials...
Hu Yaobang: Betrayed, Broken, and Silenced by the CCP
By Fu Longshan In official Chinese textbooks, Hu Yaobang’s life ends with three sterile words: “died...
China’s Arms Giant Hit by Purge as Fallout Puts Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing in the Crosshairs
By Li Jingyao Following a leadership change within the disciplinary inspection apparatus of China’...
Exclusive: Xi Jinping Faces Signs of Military Defiance in Rare Official Footage
For years, claims that Chinese leader Xi Jinping has lost effective control over the military have circulated...
Abrupt Purges at China’s State Secrets Bureau Cast New Doubts on Cai Qi’s Standing
By Li Jingyao, Vision Times China’s secrecy apparatus, known as one of the most shadowy corners of...
A Trio of Events Puts Xi Jinping Under Scrutiny at Home and Abroad
The uneasy on-camera return of security chief Wang Xiaohong, a wave of Japanese satire aimed at Xi Jinping...
Bo Xilai’s Fatal Arrogance: Words that Sealed the Fate of China’s ‘Billionaire Princeling’
By Fu Longshan, Vision Times Bo Xilai, once dubbed the scion of the powerful “red aristocracy” and...
Yu Menglong Case Deepens: Missing Phone, Corporate Shake-Up, Powerful Cover-Ups
By Vision Times TV Part I — Yu Menglong’s phone snafu and alleged police cover-up Nearly two months...
Xi’s Counterstrike? Anonymous Source Alleges Deep Corruption and Leaks Inside China’s Rocket Force
A mysterious mainland social media account called Wind Direction Observer recently published a detailed...
Cracks in Xi’s Fortress: Military Purge and Propaganda Revolt Shake His Rule
The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee concluded with...
The Fourth Plenum Curse: How the CCP’s Power Ritual Keeps Repeating Itself
In the Chinese Communist Party’s political calendar, the Fourth Plenum—the fourth full meeting of each...