Inside Beijing’s explosive power struggles
Inside Beijing’s explosive power struggles
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Whispers of Xi Jinping being rushed to hospital come as Beijing’s power struggle turns deadly serious. General Zhang Youxia has rolled elite PLA forces into the capital, while Xi’s own security has been pushed aside. At the same time, Xi’s trusted diplomat Liu Jianchao has suddenly fallen, and the crash of a Tiffany-blue Rolls-Royce in Sydney exposes a 23-year-old woman with mysterious ties to China’s red aristocracy. Health scares, military maneuvers, political purges, and scandal abroad—together they reveal a regime cracking from within. Xi is fighting on every front, and the stakes could not be higher.
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