Rumours run wild as top China diplomats vanish
Rather, since it came to power in 2012, millions of civilian and military officials have been investigated and removed, and the scale of the Anti -Corruption Campaign was a turbocharged. Wei FengheAfter being accused of bribery, he was fired from the party last year.
Many analysts accept that corruption is a real problem in the Chinese Communist Party, especially in some parts of the People’s Liberation Army responsible for supply.
Former Defense Minister Li Shangfu was expelled from the Chinese Communist Party on the grounds of corruption last year.Credit: AP
However, since Xi has been able to provide an unprecedented third period as the president since the power consolidation in October 2022, the high -level officials who have previously been expected to enjoy their protection became target.
“Power, control, to prevent the formation of alternative power soles, and to ensure that interpersonal networks are not developed as a personal and an organization, Drew said Drew Thompson, a former Pentagon official who observes Chinese policy.
Some Chinese observers spend their careers by trying to transfer their careers to the “Black Box of the country’s“ black box, and searching for light pieces that can offer clues about policy shifts and power games.
This has increasingly became a process of deduction, which includes a look at the state’s mouthpieces. People’s Daily To talk about keywords and authorities and examine the reports of high -profile events for who joined and who did not.
Another former Defense Minister Wei Fenghe was cleared of his position.Credit: AP
This may be an extremely speculative exercise, and it may take months to officially verify the abolition of a senior official by official party channels.
For a comment, Chinese Foreign Ministry was contacted.
If it has really been detained, Liu is the last senior authority to have a comprehensive pressure of two senior civil servants from the Central Military Commission (CMC), the party’s largest military decision-making body, including the comprehensive pressure of Xi allies.
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Admiral Miao Hua, who is responsible for providing political loyalty in the armed forces Officially removed In June, a party over CMC is ğı suspected of discipline and law, and a party for corruption.
He Weidong, Vice President of CMC, is the number two military officials behind XI, as well as the powerful Politburo member of the Communist Party, It hasn’t been seen public since March And he is suspected of being under investigation.
The governor of Fujian is the governor of Fujian between 1985 and 2002, since career deaths are not only for their seniority but also for their seniority, but also as a local authority.
CMC has been halved since 2023 and now only three generals report directly to XI. This triggered the assumption among Chinese academics about what Xi’s shrinking conflict circle, especially in parallel with the party’s goal of “merging” with the motherland of Taiwan, the confidence of Pla’s ready for war.
For now, PLA’s modernization efforts are still continuing, Thompson said, while chasing China The biggest military expansion II. By any country since World War II.
General He Weidong, Vice President of the Central Military Commission of China, was depicted in March 2023 at the 14th National People’s Congress in Beijing. This year has not been seen public since March.Credit: Getty Images
It is more difficult to measure, but it probably said that it was “the effect on morale especially in these high command units”.
The evacuation also fueled the speculation that a factional power struggle against the XI was carried out by his enemies in PLA.
With the spread of the close collapse of Xi this year, it reached the fire field-among the CCP critics in Diaspora communities and Falun Gong supported broadcast Age times – Before it was taken by some Western media organizations.
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This theory was built on the absence of two -week people from the end of May to the beginning of May and the decision to skip the BRICS summit in Brazil in July for the first time in July.
These rumors rejected by many analysts received a reliable blow when they continued to program normal programming with a series of high profile activities in July, organizing the Centers’ Urban Working Conference Meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei LavrovAnd in Beijing, Australian Prime Minister Anthony is home to Arbanese.
“He was in the center of attention [since the urban conference]. He took part in his front pages. People’s Daily And even Pla DailyDr Dr Willy Lam said, a senior member of the 40 -year -old Chinese Political Bilgin and Washington -based Thinking Establishment The Jamestown Foundation.
Lam believes that a factional struggle is standing, but when the XI waits for many analysts to look for the fourth period, in 2027, the party’s 21st National Congress will be held in an indispensable power.
Richard McGregor from Lowy Institute It takes the view The brutal, unapproved rumors about Xi’s leadership should be taken with a dump truck full of salt ”. Others PLA liquidations of Xi’s allies and enemies It should be seen as a consolidation of its strength instead of weakening.
Loh said that the rumor was typically crankcase during this time – two years after the Party Congress, which officially sets the best leaders of the party when there was an increasing reason for those who may want to weaken China leaders.
“I don’t think it’s a serious attempt to solve or challenge Xi, and my own opinion is that it is still very comfortable in this ruling position, and it is still very responsible.”
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