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2025
6 entries- 10 DEC The Trial of Major General Xu Qinxian Machine translation of the trial transcript of the PLA major general who refused to fire on protesters in 1989
- 12 NOV A Central Military Commission Built For War — Against The PLA Political control at the expense of operational capabilities
- 11 NOV FYI: Blog entries now mirrored on Substack
- 22 SEP Another Round of Purges Exposes Political Upheaval in PLA The damage spreads
- 17 APR Turmoil In The High Command Creates Political And Operational Disruptions Xi has purged half the Central Military Commission
- 07 JAN Xi's Most Revealing Diplomatic Interaction Was With Justin Trudeau A rare glimpse of Xi at a disadvantage
2024
7 entries- 31 DEC Obsolete Analytic Paradigms Of Chinese Politics Misinterpreting "institutionalization"
- 15 DEC Xi's Reading List Is Exaggerated It's hard to determine Xi's intellectual influences
- 05 NOV What Intelligence Would Be Too Controversial To Give Xi? It's surprisingly difficult to find a specific example
- 02 OCT Counterproductive Information Operations Lessons from Russia on why some operations fail
- 19 AUG Why Was Defense Minister Dong Jun Left Off The Central Military Commission? Somehow this position became even more underpowered
- 19 APR PLA Reorganization and the Cyberspace Force
- 29 MAR Brief Thought On Succession Politics The CCP General Office would be key
2023
3 entries- 20 OCT The Political Factors Behind China’s Disappearing Leaders Accounting for the purges sweeping the PLA and CCP
- 31 JUL The Purge of the Rocket Force Xi makes a clean sweep
- 14 FEB Balloon Blunder Shows Shortcomings Of China's National Security Apparatus Structural problems in Beijing's national security decision making
2022
5 entries- 03 DEC Brief Thoughts On New CMC Members Some inside baseball
- 16 NOV Foreign Policy Decisions Aren’t Determined By Beijing's Political Calendar The impact of plenums and congresses is often overrated
- 10 NOV Analyzing Videos Of Hu Jintao's Removal Enhance!
- 03 NOV Export Controls During the Industrial Revolution It was even harder back then
- 25 OCT Timeline of Xi's Consolidation of Power It was over by 2017