Tag: political purges
Recreating Stalin: The DNA Behind Xi Jinping’s All-Front Political Purge
By Jin Yan In the third decade of the 21st century, the global political order is undergoing deep...
Intelligence Warned of a German Attack; Stalin’s Profane Scrawl Came First, Then a Mental Collapse
By Fu Longshan From 1937 to 1938, the Soviet military entered what historians have described as a...
Exclusive: CCTV’s Historical Allegory Signals Elite Disquiet Over Xi Jinping’s Military Purge
By Jian Yi A broadcast that landed like a signal News of the downfall of Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli...
Zhang Youxia’s Secret Detention Exposes Deepening Crisis Inside China’s Military
By Li Deyan A sudden arrest, a shaken military Information emerging from Beijing indicates that...
China’s Year of the Snake: When the Party’s Machine Turns on Itself
Special commentary | Global Service Center for Quitting the CCP What Beijing released this weekend...
China’s Anti-Corruption Campaign Withholds Names of 66 Disciplined Senior Officials
By Jingyao Li Record investigations, missing names China’s top anti-corruption authorities announced...
Can Xi Jinping Be Brought Down by His Closest Aide? Cai Qi, Power, and the Politics of Survival in China
By Jian Yi The dictator’s fate—and the men closest to him “The people say: if Stalin had died ten...
Zhang Youxia as the Second Lin Biao: How the Chinese Communist Party Is Racing Toward Collapse
Mao Zedong’s handling of Lin Biao stands as a textbook example of internal political struggle within...
Hu Yaobang and the Limits of Moral Politics in the CCP
By Fu Longshan Hu Yaobang once stated that the Xidan Democracy Wall, a short-lived forum for public...
Lan Tianli’s Fall Exposes the Limits of Xi’s Anti-Corruption Drive
By Jintao Paian Beijing had spent months hinting at a sweeping campaign that would curb the influence...
The Political Playbook Behind Mao Zedong’s Rise
By Jing Chen During the Chinese Civil War, Nationalist insider Jiang Lianru — then serving as secretary...
A Trio of Events Puts Xi Jinping Under Scrutiny at Home and Abroad
The uneasy on-camera return of security chief Wang Xiaohong, a wave of Japanese satire aimed at Xi Jinping...