China domestic politics

Sub-provincial city governance positions are often the last policy-testing ground before promotion to ministerial-level cadre rank, and the possibilities of central leadership positions that this brings.

Xinjiang Party Secretary Chen Quanguo will likely see a promotion at the 2022 Communist Party Congress, perhaps to vice premier.

Your guide to the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, just in time for its annual session in Beijing.

Recent party purges suggest ebbing confidence in the all-powerful chairman.

Are we seeing the gradual decline of the PLA as a force in formal Chinese politics?

Domestic developments hinder the emergence of a Chinese Dream with appeal overseas.

History has proven that title to be all-but-meaningless. So why is it so important for Xi Jinping to keep it?

Lu Wei has been expelled from the Chinese Communist Party, dismissed from public office, and publicly shamed by media.

Fang, the former chief of joint staff, has close ties to disgraced top generals who are accused of attempting a coup.

Xi Jinping's political dominance owes a great deal to factors completely beyond his control.

General Zhang’s suicide comes as Xi consolidates his hold over the Chinese military.