How to Read CCP Power When Nothing Is Announced

How to Read CCP Power When Nothing Is Announced

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Two weeks after Zhang Youxia was taken down, Beijing remains eerily quiet. Western experts largely say Xi Jinping is still firmly in control. Many Chinese analysts in the diaspora see something very different: a risky power struggle shaped by Party elders, princelings, and unspoken rules inside the CCP. This episode explains how to read Chinese politics when nothing is announced, why silence and omissions matter more than official statements, and what Xi’s move against Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli really signals about power inside the PLA. If you want to understand Beijing, learn to read what isn’t said.

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