Does the writer mention the fact that the government of China, like that of most nations, is not a monolith but instead is divided into two general factions: the deep state; and the patriots.
Xi is surrounding himself with yes men, just like Kim..........................................
China is probably gearing up to invade Taiwan and is purging their government of anyone who may be critical of the invasion.
Based on the disaster that Russia had with corruption in it's military and the negative impact it had on the invasion of Ukraine, Xi is doing his own little preemptive audit to get an accurate take on his military preparedness..
Better to find out now and fix the problems that to than to be surprised by them a year or so down the road when China invades Taiwan.
Thanks Jo Jo for giving our two greatest near peer adversaries a heads up on areas where their military is corrupt, incompetent, unprepared and deficient before they try to take us on.
We want them to be as near of near peers adversaries as possible before we engage them in combat operations. /Sarc
You just can't make this stuff up
Have none of these numbnuts read Sun Tzu?
If one must look for a comparison, China is much like the former Soviet Union. So you can say, China is both strong, and quite weak, at the same time.
Xi Jinping is considered more of a traditional maoist/chinese leftist - so he will sacrifice economic growth, vitality, freedoms, for stability and especially - Party unity (under his leadership). He absolutely understands that instability and opposition will not come from outside the party, but from a split within it.
He won a struggle against the more open, consensual, free-wheeling (and corrupt) “Shanghai” wing of the party under the late Jiang Zemin and Hujintao and Xi will consolidate his gains.
So the Chinese Govt indeed can move quickly on many things and is very strong in some ways - development of energy security, building its military, copying/surpassing western technology in areas it focuses on, etc...
But its also weak. Marxism is destroying its demographics, politics do not allow for revision of failed policies, private business is suppressed, many people feel hopeless, etc...
I think its very possible that Xi is getting rid of the CCP.
I predict they are a prelude to “something else” as Xi works to insure more government loyalty TO HIM.
The USA had big problems in the 1930s, but eventually recovered.
Or something else?
A coup brewing ?
Not many in China happy now.