🚨 Is Xi Jinping still in charge of China—or just a figurehead?
Behind the military parades in Beijing, whispers of a silent coup are spreading. Generals, princelings, and old party bosses may have clipped Xi’s wings.
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Behind the military parades in Beijing, whispers of a silent coup are spreading. Generals, princelings, and old party bosses may have clipped Xi’s wings.
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2/ Tomorrow, China celebrates the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan in WWII.
The parade will showcase missiles, tanks, and thousands of troops. But the real story isn’t on the streets—it’s in the shadows of the CCP’s inner circle.
The parade will showcase missiles, tanks, and thousands of troops. But the real story isn’t on the streets—it’s in the shadows of the CCP’s inner circle.
3/ Xi suffered a health scare last year. In his absence, rivals moved fast.
👉 General Zhang Youxia, vice chair of the Central Military Commission, led the charge.
👉 Xi’s allies in the military have been purged or disappeared.
👉 Even Xi’s wife has vanished from public view.
👉 General Zhang Youxia, vice chair of the Central Military Commission, led the charge.
👉 Xi’s allies in the military have been purged or disappeared.
👉 Even Xi’s wife has vanished from public view.
4/ Key Xi loyalists are gone:
⚡ Admiral Miao Hua, suspended
⚡ General He Weidong, disappeared
⚡ Rocket Force generals, purged
The military that once secured Xi’s third term may no longer answer to him.
⚡ Admiral Miao Hua, suspended
⚡ General He Weidong, disappeared
⚡ Rocket Force generals, purged
The military that once secured Xi’s third term may no longer answer to him.
5/ Meanwhile, old rivals have reemerged.
Hu Jintao—humiliated when Xi had him dragged from the Party Congress—is back in play.
Princelings like Deng Xiaoping’s son and Liu Yuan, son of the purged Liu Shaoqi, are speaking out.
Xi’s Mao-style cult of personality is collapsing.
Hu Jintao—humiliated when Xi had him dragged from the Party Congress—is back in play.
Princelings like Deng Xiaoping’s son and Liu Yuan, son of the purged Liu Shaoqi, are speaking out.
Xi’s Mao-style cult of personality is collapsing.
6/ The stakes couldn’t be higher.
If Xi falls, China’s foreign policy could pivot back to Deng Xiaoping’s reformist path—less aggressive abroad, more focused on economic survival.
But if Xi holds on, Taiwan and global confrontation stay on the table.
If Xi falls, China’s foreign policy could pivot back to Deng Xiaoping’s reformist path—less aggressive abroad, more focused on economic survival.
But if Xi holds on, Taiwan and global confrontation stay on the table.
7/ Watch the parade closely.
In China, who sits where, who shakes hands, and who disappears tells you more than any speech.
Analysts will be studying the lineup for signs of who really holds power.
In China, who sits where, who shakes hands, and who disappears tells you more than any speech.
Analysts will be studying the lineup for signs of who really holds power.
8/ The next flashpoint: October’s CCP plenum.
That’s when the party can reshuffle power behind closed doors. If Xi is reduced to a figurehead, expect liberals like Hu Chunhua or Wang Yang to reappear.
That’s when the party can reshuffle power behind closed doors. If Xi is reduced to a figurehead, expect liberals like Hu Chunhua or Wang Yang to reappear.
9/ Bottom line:
🇨🇳 Xi Jinping may not now control the machine he built.
⚡ China’s factions are circling, the military is restless, and the economy is sliding.
🇺🇸 For America, this chaos is opportunity.
Trump’s containment strategy is being vindicated.
🇨🇳 Xi Jinping may not now control the machine he built.
⚡ China’s factions are circling, the military is restless, and the economy is sliding.
🇺🇸 For America, this chaos is opportunity.
Trump’s containment strategy is being vindicated.
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