Over the past week, Chinese President Xi Jinping intensified his sweeping crackdown on public officials, expelling Vice Adm. Li Hanjun, chief of staff of the People’s Liberation Army Navy, and Liu Shipeng, deputy chief engineer at state-owned China National Nuclear Corp., from the National People’s Congress. Neither had been previously reported as under investigation. Additionally, […]
In China, Xi’s Rule Slowly Unravels
Purges, rumors and unexplained absences point to a growing power struggle in Beijing’s inner circle.
