🔥 Breaking: It is NOT over yet.
Latest first-hand information: Zhang Youxia case is far from settled.
Both sides (Xi and Zhang) are currently locked in a dispute over the legality of the arrest. Zhang’s family members and some of his subordinates have publicly expressed dissatisfaction and are demanding that the situation be corrected. Authorities have halted any further actions for now.
Xi’s absolute authority has, for the first time, been openly challenged. The risk of a flashpoint is rising.
At present, Zhang’s profile information remains available on the Central People’s Government website and the Ministry of National Defense website, though some related information has already been removed.
This is not over.
The above info is from former Tiananmen Student leader Tang Baiqiao.
🎯The following is what I found & think:
⭕️As of now, Zhang Youxia’s name and photograph are still listed on the Chinese Communist Party’s 20th Central Leadership page on Xinhua News Agency, where he appears as a member of the Politburo (see image 2).
❌I did not find any “Leader Profile” section on the Chinese government’s official websites. A search for “Zhang Youxia” returns no results (see image 3).
❌On the Ministry of National Defense website, there is also no “Leader Profile” section. Searching for “Zhang Youxia” shows, as the first and second items, news reports claiming that Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli are suspected of serious disciplinary and legal violations and have been placed under investigation. Below that, there are numerous earlier positive reports about Zhang Youxia that have not been deleted (see image 4).
🚨 More broadly, the most important CCP party media, People’s Daily, Xinhua News Agency, and China Central Television, etc, have handled the alleged arrest of Zhang Youxia in an extremely low-key manner, which is clearly disproportionate to the weight of this news.
Therefore, the basic assessment is that this matter is indeed far from settled. There is still room for real developments ahead, and even for a reversal.
‼️For the anti-Xi faction, if they do not launch a counteroffensive swiftly, they may never get another chance.
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