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CCP Confirms Purge Of Nine Senior Generals And Three Military-Industrial Leaders Over Discipline Violations
Recently, the CCP’s latest bulletin from the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress for...
Chinese Military YouTube Channel Rebranded After Posting Videos That Drew Online Ridicule of Xi Jinping
For months, a Chinese military-affiliated YouTube channel published and retained footage of Chinese Communist...
Pentagon Launches ‘Cognitive Warfare’ Initiative Targeting the CCP
According to a report by veteran national security journalist Bill Gertz in The Washington Times on April...
Corruption Scandal Hits China’s Top Academicians
As Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-manufactured air defense weapons and other systems are put to the test...
PLA General Li Guangju’s Death Announced Weeks Late as Questions Surround Zhang Youxia Circle
A retired Chinese general with longstanding ties to senior military leader Zhang Youxia died in late...
Why Xi Jinping’s Military Purge Is Destroying China’s Own Armed Forces
In March 2026, the National People's Congress, Beijing's rubber-stamp legislature, opened its annual...
From Music Student to PLA Tracker: Joseph Wen Uses Open Data to Map China’s Military
The pressure from across the Taiwan Strait has not eased. During the Lunar New Year period, Chinese military...
Deng Xiaoping’s 18-Day Vietnam War and Why China Avoids Military Conflict Over Iran
In February 1979, Chinese troops crossed into northern Vietnam. Eighteen days later, Beijing declared...
Taiwan Analysts Say Economic, Political, and Security Concerns Limit PLA Operations
The number of Chinese military aircraft disturbing Taiwan has recently decreased. The Taiwan Security...
Xi Jinping Signaled More Military Purges at the 2026 Two Sessions
Xi Jinping, the CCP's general secretary and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), China's...
Half the Podium Sat Empty at China’s Military Delegation Session
Since the 20th Party Congress in 2022, Xi Jinping, the CCP's general secretary and chairman of the Central...
Xi Jinping’s ‘Achilles’ Heel:’ Why Loyalty in China’s Military Has Become His Biggest Fear
On the afternoon of March 7, Xi Jinping attended a plenary meeting of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA...