Gordon Chang

And the one place we can see this is plummeting birth rates. Because their people are so pessimistic, they do not want to raise a child in China.

And the one place we can see this is plummeting birth rates. Because their people are so pessimistic, they do not want to raise a child in China.

And the one place we can see this is plummeting birth rates. Because their people are so pessimistic, they do not want to raise a child in China.

He probably doesn't have that much support, but he is able to coerce people. And in the absence of love and adulation and all the rest of it, that's where he's right now. No one wants to take him on. But we are seeing some really interesting phenomena, for instance, in the Chinese military.

He probably doesn't have that much support, but he is able to coerce people. And in the absence of love and adulation and all the rest of it, that's where he's right now. No one wants to take him on. But we are seeing some really interesting phenomena, for instance, in the Chinese military.

He probably doesn't have that much support, but he is able to coerce people. And in the absence of love and adulation and all the rest of it, that's where he's right now. No one wants to take him on. But we are seeing some really interesting phenomena, for instance, in the Chinese military.

So Chinese military propaganda is sort of like a, normally it doesn't say very much, but now we are seeing all of these pieces that praise, quote unquote, collective leadership. In other words, not one man rule, which is associated with Xi Jinping. We were also not seeing something in Chinese military propaganda. And that is, we're not seeing as much of Xi Jinping as you normally do.

So Chinese military propaganda is sort of like a, normally it doesn't say very much, but now we are seeing all of these pieces that praise, quote unquote, collective leadership. In other words, not one man rule, which is associated with Xi Jinping. We were also not seeing something in Chinese military propaganda. And that is, we're not seeing as much of Xi Jinping as you normally do.

So Chinese military propaganda is sort of like a, normally it doesn't say very much, but now we are seeing all of these pieces that praise, quote unquote, collective leadership. In other words, not one man rule, which is associated with Xi Jinping. We were also not seeing something in Chinese military propaganda. And that is, we're not seeing as much of Xi Jinping as you normally do.

And that leads some people to believe that maybe Xi doesn't have as much support in the Chinese military as he once did. And that's important because the People's Liberation Army is the biggest power block in the Communist Party. Especially since the middle of 2023, there have been extraordinary number of purges and suicides among senior officers, especially in the rocket force.

And that leads some people to believe that maybe Xi doesn't have as much support in the Chinese military as he once did. And that's important because the People's Liberation Army is the biggest power block in the Communist Party. Especially since the middle of 2023, there have been extraordinary number of purges and suicides among senior officers, especially in the rocket force.

And that leads some people to believe that maybe Xi doesn't have as much support in the Chinese military as he once did. And that's important because the People's Liberation Army is the biggest power block in the Communist Party. Especially since the middle of 2023, there have been extraordinary number of purges and suicides among senior officers, especially in the rocket force.

And everybody has sort of assumed that this was Xi Jinping purging people that he had previously picked. Well, that's one explanation. And maybe that's the most, certainly it's the most prevalent explanation you hear. But the other explanation is that people who are Xi Jinping's opponents are purging Xi Jinping's people. And there's evidence for that conclusion as well.

And everybody has sort of assumed that this was Xi Jinping purging people that he had previously picked. Well, that's one explanation. And maybe that's the most, certainly it's the most prevalent explanation you hear. But the other explanation is that people who are Xi Jinping's opponents are purging Xi Jinping's people. And there's evidence for that conclusion as well.

And everybody has sort of assumed that this was Xi Jinping purging people that he had previously picked. Well, that's one explanation. And maybe that's the most, certainly it's the most prevalent explanation you hear. But the other explanation is that people who are Xi Jinping's opponents are purging Xi Jinping's people. And there's evidence for that conclusion as well.

The bottom line, Mike, we don't know. But the point is, we are seeing things that clearly show instability and intense infighting at the top of the Communist Party, including the Chinese military, which, by the way, is a party organization. So things are just uncertain and they're unstable.

The bottom line, Mike, we don't know. But the point is, we are seeing things that clearly show instability and intense infighting at the top of the Communist Party, including the Chinese military, which, by the way, is a party organization. So things are just uncertain and they're unstable.

The bottom line, Mike, we don't know. But the point is, we are seeing things that clearly show instability and intense infighting at the top of the Communist Party, including the Chinese military, which, by the way, is a party organization. So things are just uncertain and they're unstable.

I think party elders, and these are former leaders, they haven't fared so well. So, for instance, if we go to October 2022, Communist Party's 20th National Congress. You see Hu Jintao, who was Xi Jinping's predecessor, being escorted out of the meeting. And Hu Jintao was only seen in public once since then.

I think party elders, and these are former leaders, they haven't fared so well. So, for instance, if we go to October 2022, Communist Party's 20th National Congress. You see Hu Jintao, who was Xi Jinping's predecessor, being escorted out of the meeting. And Hu Jintao was only seen in public once since then.