Category: Inside CCP Officialdom

In Rare Move, Health Body of Chinese City Publicly Criticizes ‘Zero-COVID’

The health body of a city in China’s central Henan Province published a post online on Dec. 6, blasting the last three years of “zero-COVID” measures for ruining China’s economy and Chinese people’s livelihoods. The Zhumadian municipal health committee wrote on its official Chinese social media account that there have been nine negative impacts from…


2 More Secret CCP Police Stations Discovered in LA and New York: Report

A nonprofit group has discovered 48 new overseas police stations with ties to China’s communist regime, including two previously unknown facilities in Los Angeles and New York City. The new findings bring the total number of known overseas police stations to 102 spread out across 53 nations. The facilities have been used by the Chinese…


2 More Secret CCP Police Stations Discovered in LA, New York: Report

A nonprofit group has discovered 48 new overseas police stations with ties to China’s communist regime, including two previously unknown facilities in Los Angeles and New York City. The newly identified sites are among more than 100 police outposts that are spread out across 53 nations. The facilities have been used by the Chinese Communist…


Jiang Zemin’s Political Legacy: Crimes and Corruption

News Analysis Jiang Zemin, the former leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), died of illness in Shanghai on Nov. 30, 2022, at the age of 96, according to an official announcement. Jiang wielded considerable control of China for more than 20 years, leaving behind a lasting political legacy characterized by crimes and corruption. Alleged…


Bao Tong, Senior Chinese Official Supportive of Democracy and Spiritual Belief, Dies at 90

Bao Tong, former political secretary of the deceased reformist party leader Zhao Ziyang, died in Beijing Wednesday, four days after his 90th birthday. “Obituary notice for my late father Bao Tong, who passed away peacefully at 7:08 a.m. on Nov. 9, 2022, at the age of 90,” Bao’s son Bao Pu wrote on Twitter. Bao’s…


Power Plays in China’s Policing System

Commentary The newly appointed heads of the State Security Ministry and the Public Security Ministry represent a kind of mutual check and balance, suggesting that Xi Jinping, the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) top leader, does not fully trust the police system, a vital pillar of the regime that is tasked with, among other things, monitoring…


Xi’s Consolidation of Power Signals a More Aggressive China: Analysts 

The United States is “not seeking a new Cold War” with either the Chinese regime or Russia, declared President Joe Biden at the United Nations in September. Yet Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s consolidation of power during a twice-a-decade political reshuffle will inevitably intensify competition between the two nations, and increase risks of a cold war,…


Xi Jinping Appoints New Administration Members: What Does This Mean for Taiwan?

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) announced members of its 20th Politburo and Central Military Commission (CMC) on Oct. 23. Four new members of the Politburo have a military background and two CMC members are from China’s eastern theater command that is responsible for Taiwan, triggering further concerns abroad over Taiwan. The hierarchy of the CCP…


Chinese Markets Fall as Xi Stacks CCP With Loyalists

News Analysis News that Chinese communist leader Xi Jinping would assume a third term in power sent markets into a dive on Oct. 24, marking a broader pessimism that the leader’s policies will have negative consequences for the global economy. Investors in the Chinese market wiped nearly 10 percent off the value of internet giants…


Xi Jinping Secures Unprecedented Third Term as CCP Leader

Chinese leader Xi Jinping will remain in power for five more years, extending his 10-year reign until at least 2028. Xi, 69, will be the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for an unprecedented third term, breaking a two-term norm set by his predecessors. The Chinese regime unveiled its new leadership on Oct….