Tag: elite politics
China’s Military Command Body Issues Rules That Sideline Xi Jinping’s Authority
On May 27, China's state news agency Xinhua reported that the Central Military Commission (CMC), the...
China Expels Former Securities Chief Yi Huiman in Major Corruption Crackdown
China's top anti-corruption body, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, announced on April...
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...
How Mao Zedong Used Personal Warmth to Remove Senior CCP Leaders
Mao Zedong, the founder of the People’s Republic of China, developed a pattern that became familiar to...
Wang Xiaohong Reappears Amid Silence and Rising Questions
Recently, a delegation led by Vietnamese Communist Party General Secretary Tô Lâm visited China. Chinese...
How the CCP Made Military Rebellion Structurally Impossible
By Fu Longshan From the outside, the question sounds crude but persistent. If internal power struggles...
Xi Jinping Faces Pressure as PLA Daily Signals ‘Instability in the Ranks’ After Senior Generals’ Fall
By Jian Yi “Xi looked to be in a very bad mood today. His face was unusually tense during the meeting...
Recreating Stalin: The DNA Behind Xi Jinping’s All-Front Political Purge
By Jin Yan In the third decade of the 21st century, the global political order is undergoing deep...
Unprecedented PLA Silence Raises Questions Over Zhang Youxia’s Fate
By Dan Fengchen The shockwaves triggered by Zhang Youxia’s reported downfall have already overshadowed...
Xi Jinping’s Military Purge: Alleged Killings, Secret Police Expansion, PLA Leaks
By Li Jingyao Alleged collapse at the top of China’s military command The reported downfall of...
China’s Year of the Snake: When the Party’s Machine Turns on Itself
Special commentary | Global Service Center for Quitting the CCP What Beijing released this weekend...