2025.10.20 Gordon Chang: the CCP Politburo began its four-day Fourth Plenum

💥💥💥2025.10.20 Gordon Chang: Just a few hours ago, the CCP Politburo began its four-day Fourth Plenum. They will discuss measures to stimulate the economy—the Q3 GDP data was not good, but what was truly terrible was the 0.5% decline in fixed asset investment. I think they will also outline some content for the 15th Five-Year Plan covering the half-decade starting next year.

Everyone is watching for leadership changes. On Friday, China's Defense Ministry issued an extraordinary statement announcing that nine senior military officers are under investigation and have been removed, including General He Weidong, Xi Jinping's most loyal confidant in the military, who is to be expelled from the Party. Xi Jinping could be removed or he could emerge stronger, but in any case, there will be a lot of turmoil within the Party, as people will be purged after Thursday.

💥💥💥2025.10.20 章家敦：就在几个小时前，中共政治局开始了为期四天的第四次全体会议，他们将讨论刺激经济的措施，第三季度GDP数据表现不佳，但真正可怕的是固定资产投资下降了0.5%，我想他们也会概述一些涵盖明年开始的第十五个五年计划的内容。
所有人都关注领导层的变动问题。周五,中共国国防部发布了一项非同寻常的声明，宣布九名高级军官受到调查并被免职，包括习近平在军中最忠诚的亲信何卫东将军，他将被开除党籍。习近平可能被免职，也可能变得更强大，但无论如何，党内将出现大量动荡，因为星期四之后人们将被清洗