China’s “pilot at the helm” finds himself increasingly grounded by domestic problems and internal CCP power shifts.
Shake-ups in China’s military—is Xi’s power weakening?
The replacement of executives could be corruption-related and used by CCP factions to pressure Chinese leader Xi Jinping, according to experts.
Leaked directive reveals the CCP’s desperate strategy to survive the trade war: Heng He
The recent leak of a Chinese Communist Party directive has revealed a regime in crisis. American Thought Leaders in conversation with China analyst Heng He.
Chinese military purges hint at unraveling stability of Communist leadership
Probes and removal of senior officers considered allies of Xi Jinping are a sign of pervasive corruption and ruinous political infighting.
Liberal candidate Peter Yuen reportedly attended 2015 Beijing military parade
Yuen’s 2015 Beijing visit and community affiliations under new scrutiny in Carney’s campaign.
Xi Jinping’s seating plans signal who has Beijing’s favor
A carefully choreographed meeting with CEOs shows Party priorities.
The rogue rise of Chinese AI
Impressive and rapid developments are complicated by the Communist regime’s approach to AI expansion.
Xi’s Machiavellian rise and mounting challenges to Beijing’s rule of one
A look at the alliances and political warfare that propelled Xi Jinping from an unremarkable mid-level official in a backwater province to the supreme ruler of China.
Four major hazards of the Jinsha River Tiger Leaping Gorge Hydropower Project
A blockbuster report by Chinese geologist Fan Xiao uncovers the deceit, censorship and raw force at play in the resurrection of a massive dam project in a geologically complex region.
Tibet earthquake raises a big question mark on China’s Yarlung Tsangpo super dam project
Why construct the world’s biggest dam in a seismically vulnerable region that doesn’t even require the energy it will generate?
Fleeing Xi’s ‘China Dream’
The great exodus of people and capital as China’s economic decline and squeezed politics push many to vote with their feet.
Israel helps Taiwan in defending against Chinese aggression
The possibility that Taiwan and Israel have formed a military alliance must give China pause.
Mr. Xi, tear down this firewall
The CCP has turned the internet, designed as a tool of freedom, into the ultimate tool of control.
‘People’s court’ issues arrest warrant for Xi Jinping
A citizens’ tribunal finds China’s leader guilty of crimes of aggression, crimes against humanity and genocide.
Word of the Week: “709 case” (709案, 709 àn), or the “Black Friday crackdown”
The Xi Jinping regime continues to punish its champions of civil rights, including threats and harm to the children of activists as a means to silence and control them.


