Ma Xingrui’s downfall foreshadows deepening purge
There is no question that Xi is leading the current purges in the CCP, rather than being the subject of a purge.
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Geopolitics Watch: Senior US Officials Put the CCP, Corporate America on Notice in ‘New Cold War’
◎ The current Sino-U.S. conflict is not just a trade war or a tech war, but a critical battle of ideology, value systems, and morality.

Geopolitics Watch: US Travel Ban on CCP Members Targets CCP’s Achilles’ Heel
◎ The following analysis was first published in the July 16 edition of our subscriber-only SinoWeekly Plus newsletter. Subscribe to SinoInsider to view past analyses in our newsletter archive.

Politics Watch: Hong Kong’s NatSec Set Up Signals ‘Supra-authority’ Status of the CCP’s NatSec Commission
◎ Xi and the CCP can use the Hong Kong national security law for both offensive and defensive purposes.

Politics Watch: Ramifications of the Hong Kong Security Law for CCP Factional Politics
◎ The Hong Kong national security law is a double-edged sword for Xi in the factional struggle and could serve as a catalyst for political Black Swans.

Geopolitics Watch: Analysis of the Sino-US Hawaii Meeting and What it Means for the ‘New Cold War’
◎ Both the PRC and the U.S. likely recognized at the Hawaii meeting that there is no off-ramp from the “new cold war.”

Geopolitics Watch: Strategic Implications of the US Advancing Global Religious Freedom
◎ There is great strategic value in taking the CCP to task over religious freedom.

Why the CCP Is Pushing the Hong Kong Law Now and How the World Should Respond
◎ The international community must join the U.S. in condemning the PRC for pushing to implement national security legislation in Hong Kong.

Politics Watch: CCP Regime Crisis, Crisis Strategy, and the Two Sessions
◎ This article offers an overview of the challenges that the CCP regime currently faces, the strategies and solutions it could pursue to avoid regime crisis, and the policies that it could roll out at the Two Sessions.
