Three Takeaways From China’s 2025 Two Sessions
Li’s work report indicates that Beijing will rely heavily on issuing debt to meet its 2025 growth target.
POLITICS

Hong Kong Media Confirm SinoInsider Analysis: Top Chinese Generals Plotted Coup Against Xi
◎ We wrote about Fang Fenghui’s involvement in a possible coup on Sept. 17. Two generals in China’s top military body planned to oust Chinese leader Xi Jinping in a military coup, according to a Hong Kong media report on Sept. 27. The two, former Chief of Joint Staff Fang Fenghui and former Political Work Department

Wang Qishan Continues to Reshuffle Anti-corruption Officials Before 19th Congress
◎ Since the start of the year, a total of 14 provincial discipline inspection chiefs and 12 discipline inspection team leaders have been replaced.

Promotion Won’t Protect Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office Head from Possible Purge
◎ Zhang Xiaoming’s promotion might seem like he has the approval of Xi Jinping, but the reality is quite different.

Rising Likelihood of North Korea-US Conflict in China’s 19th Congress Month
◎ America has in recent decades been handling North Korea very carefully out of concern that China would intervene in the event of a conflict.

Why Anti-corruption Chief Wang Qishan Met Bannon and Singapore Leader Before 19th Congress
Wang Qishan, the Chinese Communist Party’s anti-corruption chief, has recently been busy meeting high-profile foreign guests. Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump’s former chief strategist and Breitbart head, flew to Beijing from Hong Kong for a private meeting with Wang, according to the Financial Times (FT). The meeting took place after Bannon’s Sept. 12 talk at

All Provincial Leaders Have Now Declared Allegiance to Xi Jinping
◎ The factional deathmatch between Xi and Jiang is now entering a crucial phase.

Jiang Out of Constitution? Xi to Amend Charter
◎ Historically, CCP leaders crafted and enshrined political theories when they faced a crisis of authority and needed to assert their dominance.

Did Xi Jinping Foil a Coup?
◎ We suspect Xi’s abrupt and drastic shake-up was triggered by a coup attempt by the Jiang faction.

Potential Xi Successor? Analyzing NYT’s profile of Chen Min’er
◎ Chen Min’er is unlikely to succeed Xi due to his questionable and circumstantial rise through the ranks of the CCP.
Deputy Director of the Centre for Geopolitics, Cambridge University
Deputy Director of the Centre for Geopolitics, Cambridge University
Deputy Director of the Centre for Geopolitics, Cambridge University