Tag: Central Military Commission
Wang Xiaohong Missing for 24 Days, Rumors Swirl of Power Struggle Inside CCP
Xi Jinping’s close ally and Minister of Public Security, Wang Xiaohong, has not made a public appearance...
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...
PLA General Li Guangju’s Death Announced Weeks Late as Questions Surround Zhang Youxia Circle
A retired Chinese general with longstanding ties to senior military leader Zhang Youxia died in late...
Why Xi Jinping’s Military Purge Is Destroying China’s Own Armed Forces
In March 2026, the National People's Congress, Beijing's rubber-stamp legislature, opened its annual...
Xi Jinping’s Military Purge Widens as Reports Claim Five More Retired Generals Detained
Only a handful of full generals appeared in Beijing this March. At China’s annual legislative meetings...
Chinese Navy Commander Hu Zhongming Reportedly Detained After Disappearing From Public View
Unverified reports circulating on social media claim that Hu Zhongming, commander of the Chinese navy...
Disgraced Former Foreign Minister Qin Gang Reappears Amid Xi’s Military Purges
On March 8, 2026, while delegates to China's annual Two Sessions, the concurrent sessions of the National...
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...
China’s Military Delegation Missing Deputy Leader Amid Ongoing PLA Shake-Up
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and People’s Armed Police delegation to the National People’s Congress...
Xi Jinping’s Expanding Military Purge Now Reaches His Own Inner Circle
On Feb. 26, 2026, the standing committee of China's rubber-stamp legislature quietly tore open the curtain...
Mao’s Three Political ‘Coups:’ How They Remade China and Echo in the Xi Era (Part One)
In its conventional sense, a coup is an extraordinary move to overturn a political order, usually by...