Tag: China political analysis
Xi Jinping Promotes Two Generals to Refill a Chinese Military Command Hollowed Out by His Own Purges
On July 3, 2026, Xi Jinping promoted two officers to the rank of full general, the highest active-duty...
Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activist Lam Wing-Kee, Who Fled to Taiwan After Defying Beijing, Dies
Lam Wing-kee, founder of Hong Kong's Causeway Bay Books, recently passed away in Taiwan. The sequence...
After Lam Wing-kee’s Death, Reporters Without Borders Urges Sweden to Free Gui Minhai from China
Eleven years have passed since the Causeway Bay Books incident. Lam Wing-kee, the bookstore's founder...
Xi Jinping’s Hand-Picked Baoding Chief Ousted by a Rival Faction
Baoding, a mid-size city in Hebei province south of Beijing, sits at the intersection of three of Xi...
Deadly Hunan Factory Blast Raises Questions Over Military-Grade Materials
A massive explosion at the Huasheng Fireworks Factory in Liuyang, Hunan Province, during China’s May...
CCDI Secretary Li Xi Faces Pressure Amid Reported Political Ties in Beijing
Political analysis Since the beginning of this year, former Xinjiang Party Secretary Ma Xingrui has...