Despite persistent rumors and high-profile purges, Xi Jinping remains firmly in control of China, though his rule ...

A new wave of purges has engulfed the senior leadership of China’s military, the People’s Liberation Army. Since the 20th ...

China’s top military body has ordered a sweeping overhaul to restore the credibility of political leaders as the commission ...

Purges have cut the CMC nearly in half, with profound consequences for the PLA’s ability to function as a modern warfighting ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping's absence from public view, appearing only twice in videos in over a month, amid a military purge and economic challenges, has fuelled speculation of a power shift in the ...

The rules follow a series of scandals that have seen a dozen senior PLA commanders being placed under investigation.

China has regarded a cross-strait conflict as its main planning scenario since the early 1990s. The immediate goal is ...

Chinese President missing from BRICS for the first time in 12 years has paved way to the speculations about his successor.

General He Weidong, a vice-chairman of the Communist Party’s Central Military Commission and China’s number two-ranked uniformed officer, was reportedly last seen in public on March 11. The general ...

The evidence, military purges, economic crisis, elite dissent and public unrest paint a picture of a regime in profound crisis. Yet Xi’s ultimate fate remains hidden beneath China’s carpet of ...