Chinese authorities imposed "disciplinary” measures on 983,000 people in more than one million corruption cases in 2025 alone ...

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s China Brief. Last Friday, China’s Ministry of National Defense announced the expulsion of nine top military leaders from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) due to “serious ...

Communist regimes often rest on a precarious balance between civilian political authority and the military’s autonomy. With his declaration that “power flows from the barrel of the gun, but the Party ...

In one of the most dramatic political shake-ups in decades, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has expelled nine of its most senior military generals. China’s Ministry of Defense made the announcement, ...

China has replaced 11 key officials at a key meeting of its Communist Party, representing the biggest reshuffle since 2017 amid an ongoing military anti-corruption purge. Thousands of officials in the ...

In this July 5, 2017 file photo, Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a press conference after a meeting with the German chancellor in Berlin. In July 2025, Chinese President Xi Jinping was ...