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China’s Military Sells Promotions, Beats Recruits, and Cannot Fight a War, Former Insider Reveals
China's military has not fought a major war since 1979. What the world knows of it comes almost entirely...
How the CCP’s Plan to Prevent a Second Cultural Revolution Produced Xi Jinping
In the 1980s, the CCP's senior leadership in the Zhongnanhai compound attempted a political experiment...
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...
The Chinese Communist Party Is Entering Its Endgame—and a Final Reckoning for Its Own
By Chen Jing Overseas Chinese critics such as Cai Xia and Hu Liren have long described Xi Jinping’...
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...
Xi Is Not the Next ‘Chairman Mao’
With Chinese leader Xi Jinping set to take a norm-breaking third term and appoint trusted officials to...