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.
OUR RESEARCH
China’s Top Military Body Conducts Massive Internal Investigations Before 19th Congress
◎ The Central Military Commission (CMC) has dispatched four special discipline inspection groups to probe key military units, academies, and the CMC itself.

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.

Two-thirds of Department Heads in China’s Top Military Body Have Been Replaced
◎ Two-thirds of department heads in the CMC have been replaced in the past 20 months.

Bannon: Trump Respects Xi More Than Any World Leader
◎ Contact us for more about Xi Jinping, China and North Korea.

China’s Military Gets a New Logistics Support Director, and Likely a New Missile Force Commander
◎ Purged military members are often replaced by people who owe their promotions to Xi.

Xi Now Controls All Armed Services and Two Key Military Departments
◎ Whoever controls the military sets the agenda in the CCP.

What Steve Bannon Got Wrong About Sino-N. Korea Relations on ’60 Minutes’
◎ Contact us for more in-depth analysis about China and North Korea.

Kim Gets No Well-wishes From China on North Korea Anniversary
◎ We have reason to believe that N. Korea’s nuclear provocations are orchestrated by Xi’s factional rivals who are Kim’s Chinese political backers.

Jiang Zemin’s Ex-Secretary Not Invited to 19th Congress, Likely Sidelined
◎ Jia Tingan has been left out of the official list of delegates to the upcoming 19th Party Congress.
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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