Tag: PLA instability
‘A Powder Keg’: Experts Say Xi Faces Risks of Coup, Mutiny, and Popular Revolt
By Meng Hao, Vision Times Hudson Institute China Center director Yu Maochun recently argued that the...
Xi Jinping’s Vanishing Generals: How China’s Military Purge Is Hollowing Out the PLA Command
According to China’s official Xinhua News Agency, on the afternoon of Feb. 6, 2026, the Central Military...
Reports Claim Armed Clash in Zhang Youxia Detention as Xi Jinping Intensifies Military Purge
By Li Zixi As news of the detention of Central Military Commission (CMC) Vice Chairman Zhang Youxia...
Xi Jinping’s Military Crisis: Reports of Zhang Youxia’s Detention Spark ‘Night of the Long Knives’ Fears
In January 2026, unverified reports that Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli had been taken into custody began...
Senior Naval Officer Wang Zheng Dies Amid Widespread PLA Turmoil
In early January, news emerged that Wang Zheng, a former deputy political commissar of the Chinese Communist...