Tag: civil-military relations
How the CCP Made Military Rebellion Structurally Impossible
By Fu Longshan From the outside, the question sounds crude but persistent. If internal power struggles...
China’s Power Struggle Breaks Open: Why Beijing ‘Failed’ to Oust Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli
Commentary by Li Deyan The most recent meeting of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing...
How Far Will Xi Jinping Go? The Military Purge That Reveals the Endgame of Personal Rule in China
By Li Zhide The rapid hollowing-out of the 20th Central Military Commission (CMC) has become the clearest...
Xi Jinping Earns a New Nickname in US Intelligence Circles: ‘The Destroyer’
By Jian Yi Inside the U.S. intelligence community, Xi Jinping has acquired a new nickname: “The Destroyer...
China’s Military Power Struggle and the Shadow of the 1991 Soviet Coup
In recent days, the arrests of Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli—two senior People’s Liberation Army (PLA)...
PLA Orders Go Silent as Xi jinping’s Military Purges Hollow Out Command
By Xiao Ran Military purges and hollow orders: a regime problem, not a personnel problem The downfall...
Xi Jinping, the PLA, and the Lessons of the 1991 Soviet Coup
‘Dad, wake up—there’s been a coup’ “Dad, wake up! There’s been a coup!” A girl rushes into a room,...
Exclusive Insider Account: Xi Jinping’s Anti-Corruption Drive and the Fragile Logic of Power Consolidation
By Li Jingru On Dec. 22, Xi Jinping appeared in Beijing to preside over a ceremony promoting commanders...