There’s never a dull moment in CCP politics!

If there is one thing we’ve learned about Chinese politics, it’s its secretive nature. Xi Jinping skipped the BRICS Summit to go to an obscure war memorial event in Shanxi without his usual entourage, while his office manager, Cai Qi, was hosting a grand memorial ceremony with scores of high-ranking officials in attendance. Xi’s wife reappeared after disappearing for months but her appearance is more bizarre than her absence. And the PLA is purging “toxic influence” without specifying what influence it is. Welcome to Zhongnanhai, the world’s center of deception.

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