Tag: political purges
Deng Xiaoping’s Hidden Face: The Calculated Silence Behind China’s ‘Reform Era’ Architect
Deng Xiaoping, who served as the Chinese Communist Party's de facto top leader from the late 1970s through...
Xi Jinping Confronts Growing Pressure as China’s Economy Weakens and Military Stability Comes Into Question
Shanghai in early March still looks like a functioning global city. The lights are on. Traffic moves....
Every US Military Victory Triggers a Military Purge in China: Commentary
On March 30, 2026, Miles Yu, the director of the China Center at the Hudson Institute and a leading U.S...
Inside Mao’s Inner Circle: Tan Zhenlin’s ‘Three Regrets’ and a Chilling Reply
Wu Faxian, former commander of the Chinese Communist Party’s air force, left behind a memoir that stands...
Xi Jinping’s Succession Trap
A phrase reportedly circulating inside Zhongnanhai, the walled compound in central Beijing where China's...
China Investigates Chongqing Mayor Hu Henghua in Expanding Corruption Crackdown
China’s anti-corruption authorities have launched an investigation into Chongqing Mayor Hu Henghua, according...
Why Xi Jinping Purged Zhang Youxia, the CCP’s Most Powerful General
Zhang Youxia, until recently the most powerful general in China's military, has been purged along with...
Growing Number of Senior Officials Absent at China’s Consultative Conference
By Li Deyan, Vision Times China’s annual Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC...
Why Ye Jianying Survived Mao’s Cultural Revolution While Other Marshals Were Purged in the February Countercurrent
On Feb. 11 and Feb. 16, 1967, senior Chinese Communist Party officials gathered at Huairen Hall in Zhongnanhai...
Xi Jinping’s Purge Expands to Local Leaders as New CCP Campaign Targets Officials Across China
China's local governments are drowning in debt, and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has found its scapegoats...
China’s Police Chief Wang Xiaohong Rumored to Have Cancer as Xi Jinping’s Inner Circle Faces Pressure
Wang Xiaohong, the minister who runs China's police and domestic security forces and serves as one of...
Xi Jinping Under Growing Pressure as Military Distrust Rises and Taiwan War Risks Fade
By Wu Jialong Reports surrounding the alleged detention of Zhang Youxia remain clouded by uncertainty...