Tag: political purges
Anti-Corruption Deputy Chief Vanishes From Key Meeting as Purge Closes In on Former Beijing Boss’s Network
On July 3, 2026, the CCDI held a meeting of its standing committee, chaired by Li Xi, a member of the...
The Cultural Revolution Wounds That Haunted Hu Yaobang to His Grave
Hu Yaobang led the Chinese Communist Party as general secretary in the 1980s and became the face of its...
China Reassigns Senior Public Security Officials Amid Internal Inspection
Another round of senior personnel changes has affected the Chinese Ministry of Public Security, with...
Mao Zedong Spent His Final Years in Clinical Paranoia, His Personal Physician Wrote
To the Party that still venerates him, Mao Zedong was an infallible titan who stood astride history....
Xi Jinping’s Purge Hits Inner Circle As Zhejiang Network Loyalists Face Corruption Charges
A former subordinate of Cai Qi, the Politburo Standing Committee member who oversees the Party's day-to-day...
Zhou Enlai Helped Mao Destroy China. A New 1,200-Page Biography Explains How.
The author, historian Chen Jian, who has taught at leading British and American universities and now...
Mao Set Kill Quotas by City: 700,000 Executed in 1951
In 1951, gunshots rang through the lives of countless ordinary people across China. Men who had switched...
Wang Guangmei’s Tribute to Mao After He Killed Her Husband Liu Shaoqi
Liu Shaoqi served as China's head of state throughout the 1950s and early 1960s. Mao Zedong had him imprisoned...
Mao Launched the Cultural Revolution to Seize Absolute Power, Not to Pursue an Ideal
Fifty years after the Cultural Revolution ended, competing theories still fight for dominance: was it...
How Deng Xiaoping Dismantled Mao’s Security Chief in 1978
Mao Zedong's personal security chief, Wang Dongxing, had spent thirty years as the most feared man in...
Reports Claim Former Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan Has Lost Freedom in Daily Life Due to Alleged
The political situation within the Chinese Communist Party is described as unpredictable and complex....
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...