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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Rumours and media stories of the Chinese president’s looming political demise have again surfaced, but with little more than ...

If Xi rushes into conflict to reassert his power, the fallout could be enormous. A failed invasion would shake China’s economy, already battered by trade wars and debt. A miscalculated war would also ...

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 ...