🚨 TROUBLE INSIDE THE CCP 🚨
Xi Jinping’s iron grip on China may be cracking.
Behind the façade of control — skipped meetings, unusual rhetoric, quiet pushback from Party elders, military reshuffles — pressure is mounting.
Here’s what’s really happening in Beijing 🧵👇
Xi Jinping’s iron grip on China may be cracking.
Behind the façade of control — skipped meetings, unusual rhetoric, quiet pushback from Party elders, military reshuffles — pressure is mounting.
Here’s what’s really happening in Beijing 🧵👇
2/ For the first time in years, Xi has been absent from key policy meetings — letting Premier Li Qiang take the lead.
PLA Daily articles now stress “collective leadership” instead of Xi’s one-man rule.
That’s not just semantics — it’s code for internal dissent.
PLA Daily articles now stress “collective leadership” instead of Xi’s one-man rule.
That’s not just semantics — it’s code for internal dissent.
3/ China’s tone abroad has shifted.
In meetings with U.S. & EU officials, Beijing is suddenly more conciliatory.
Why? Insiders say Xi is under pressure from within the CCP to stabilize foreign relations as the economy falters and discontent spreads.
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In meetings with U.S. & EU officials, Beijing is suddenly more conciliatory.
Why? Insiders say Xi is under pressure from within the CCP to stabilize foreign relations as the economy falters and discontent spreads.
rodmartin.org/p/the-iran-war…
4/ The core problem: Xi grabbed unprecedented power — but failed to deliver.
💥 Sluggish growth since COVID
💥 Belt & Road debt traps backfiring
💥 Western businesses fleeing
💥 “Made in China 2025” flopped
All under Xi’s watch.
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💥 Sluggish growth since COVID
💥 Belt & Road debt traps backfiring
💥 Western businesses fleeing
💥 “Made in China 2025” flopped
All under Xi’s watch.
rodmartin.org/p/china-cant-w…
5/ Retired CCP heavyweights like Wen Jiabao are openly questioning Xi’s direction.
China’s “princelings” — descendants of Communist founders — are whispering to foreign intel agencies about Xi’s failures.
Some have been silenced. Others may be waiting for their moment.
China’s “princelings” — descendants of Communist founders — are whispering to foreign intel agencies about Xi’s failures.
Some have been silenced. Others may be waiting for their moment.
6/ The PLA isn’t immune.
Despite loyalty purges, Xi’s replaced multiple top officers in 2024–25.
Analysts say these aren’t routine — they’re signs of real fractures inside China’s military command.
Despite loyalty purges, Xi’s replaced multiple top officers in 2024–25.
Analysts say these aren’t routine — they’re signs of real fractures inside China’s military command.
7/ Meanwhile, China’s middle class is souring on Xi.
Youth unemployment is sky-high, the real estate crisis is deep, and censorship is suffocating entrepreneurs.
These were the people who once powered China’s rise. Now they’re restless.
Youth unemployment is sky-high, the real estate crisis is deep, and censorship is suffocating entrepreneurs.
These were the people who once powered China’s rise. Now they’re restless.
8/ The biggest threat? No succession plan.
By scrapping term limits and centralizing power, Xi’s created a leadership vacuum.
If he’s suddenly removed — by illness, coup, or political collapse — the CCP could descend into chaos.
By scrapping term limits and centralizing power, Xi’s created a leadership vacuum.
If he’s suddenly removed — by illness, coup, or political collapse — the CCP could descend into chaos.
9/ Xi may project strength abroad. But inside China, fault lines are widening.
History says authoritarian regimes look solid — right until they break.
And when they do, it’s fast.
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History says authoritarian regimes look solid — right until they break.
And when they do, it’s fast.
rodmartin.org/p/deep-dive-th…
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