Tag: chinese politics
Why the Chinese Communist Party Pulled a Book About a Failed Emperor
Editor Zi Meng According to Reuters, the book Chongzhen: The Diligent Emperor Who Lost His Dynasty...
Beijing Staged an Anti-Corruption Story the Day After US Forces Seized a Ship That Had Docked in China
The underlying incident had already leaked onto Chinese social media in March 2026, when a video began...
From Peaceful Protest to Nationwide Crackdown: The Legacy of ‘April 25, 1999’
Saturday, April 25, will mark 27 years since the persecution of Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline in...
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...
China’s Vanke Founder Wang Shi Faces Allegations as Political Backing Appears to Fade
Wang Shi, the 74-year-old founder of Vanke, China's once-dominant state-backed property giant, once broke...
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...
Jiang Zemin’s Secret Pilgrimage and a Monk’s Prophecy About the CCP’s Fate in 2026
Jiang Zemin climbed to the top of the Chinese Communist Party by endorsing the June 4, 1989 Tiananmen...
Impoverishing Large Populations Is a Survival Strategy of the Chinese Communist Party
In May 2020, during the final phase leading up to the Chinese Communist Party’s anticipated announcement...
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...
Mao’s Widow Jiang Qing Spent 12 Years in an Urn Buried Under a False Name
At the foot of the Western Hills in Beijing sits a public cemetery called Futian, a burial ground for...
Xi Jinping Confronts Growing Pressure as China’s Economy Weakens and Military Stability Comes Into Question
Shanghai in early March still looks like a functioning global city. The lights are on. Traffic moves....
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...