Tag: Hu jintao
Xi Jinping’s Chinese New Year Speech Signals Retreat as Every Top Retired Leader Skips the Party’s Annual
Stone-faced officials turned a holiday celebration into a wake On Feb. 14, the Party held its annual...
Taiwan Legislator Kao Chin Su-mei Investigated for Fraud
By Li Jingyao The Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office is investigating independent legislator...
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...
Zhu Rongji and the CCP’s Politics of Death: How Obituaries and Mourning Are Used to Enforce Power
By Fu Longshan Medical care for top CCP leaders is handled entirely by the Central Guard Bureau and...
Promotion for Sale: How Xu Caihou Sold Military Promotions to the Highest Bidder
By Fu Longshan, Vision Times Xu Caihou (1943–2015), a native of Wafangdian in China's northern Liaoning...
Wang Huning: The CCP’s Master Strategist Who Will Outlast Three Leaders
By Fu Longshan Wang Huning is often described as the Chinese Communist Party’s “tutor to three emperors...
Xi’s Power Wanes Amid Sweeping Party Purge and Succession Uncertainty
By Li Jingyao With the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) scheduled to convene its 21st National Congress...
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...
Ma Xingrui Absent From CCP Mourning Protocol as Hu Jintao Resurfaces
By Li Jingyao Former Chinese finance minister Wang Binggan passed away in Guangzhou on Dec. 8 at the...
Why Bo Xilai’s Dramatic Downfall Brought a Sigh of Relief Inside China
By Fu Longshan, Vision Times When the Bo Xilai scandal erupted more than a decade ago in 2012, international...
Inside the Yellow Sea Assassination Plot: How a Failed Naval Attack Nearly Killed Hu Jintao
By Hezi, Vision Times In May 2006, what appeared to be a routine PLA naval drill in the Yellow Sea...
Bo Xilai’s Fatal Arrogance: Words that Sealed the Fate of China’s ‘Billionaire Princeling’
By Fu Longshan, Vision Times Bo Xilai, once dubbed the scion of the powerful “red aristocracy” and...