Tag: elite power struggle
Xi Jinping’s First Political Purge Began With a Warning to His Predecessors
By Tian Xuebin At a recent meeting of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC...
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...
‘Foreign Collusion’ Charge Against Zhang Youxia Follows a Familiar CCP Power Tactic
By Hu PingA report cited by The Wall Street Journal claims that Zhang Youxia, vice chairman of China’...
Reports Say Hu Chunhua Tapped for Succession as Wang Yang Assists Wen Jiabao
By Jingyao Li The Chinese Communist Party quietly established a body known as the Central Decision-Making...
The First ‘Tiger’ of 2026: The Fall of Former Vice Minister Tian Xuebin Sends Deep Political Signals
By Li Jingyao China’s first major anti-corruption case of 2026 has emerged. The Chinese Communist...
The Fourth Plenum Curse: How the CCP’s Power Ritual Keeps Repeating Itself
In the Chinese Communist Party’s political calendar, the Fourth Plenum—the fourth full meeting of each...