Global Support for Yu Menglong! Beijing Panics, Showbiz Collapses, Actors quit

Xi's Carrier Illusion, China's Military Broke, Fujian Launched Despite Crisis, CCP Faces Soviet-Style Collapse, One-Side... Wang Huning's Power Play, Xi's Trust in Li Qiang Shaken? Ruthless Moves, Secrets and Survival Fang Hongwei, Xi'an Party Secretary, Ousted Over Alleged Ties to Xi Wanping's Interest Network? Global Support for Yu Menglong, Beijing Panics, Showbiz Collapses, Actors Quit Welcome to Secret In China where facts matter and every story is told with integrity. Xi's Carrier Illusion, China's Military Broke, Fujian Launched Despite Crisis, CCP Faces Soviet-Style Collapse, One-Side Calls for Tightening Belts and Living Frugally, While the Other Side Launches an Aircraft Carrier The scene is truly ironic. Just as China's third aircraft carrier Fujian was officially commissioned in a grand ceremony, with Xi Jinping personally boarding the ship for inspection, Qiu Yang, Deputy Director of the General Office of the Central Military Commission CMC, made a rare statement, the entire military must tighten spending and prepare for hard times. This is not just a slogan, it's a warning bell ringing within Beijing's military establishment. While Fujian hoisted its flag in the waters off Sanya and state media went into a frenzy to showcase its presence. Behind the scenes, the finance department was reviewing the military budget, demanding sustainable development at low cost. Two completely contradictory scenarios are unfolding simultaneously, exposing the Chinese Communist Party's true face today. Outwardly aggressive, but with empty pockets. What's even more sensitive is the phrase, living frugally. Previously seen only in local governments or party organs, it has now appeared in official CMC documents. What lies behind this? Tight finances? An audit following the anti-corruption campaign within the military? Or has Beijing finally realized? There really isn't enough money anymore. On November 5th, the CCP's third aircraft carrier Fujian, praised by state media as Asia's first electromagnetic catapult carrier, was officially commissioned. Cameras kept rolling, trying to turn the event into a symbol of national power. But behind the lens, a quiet internal retrenchment is underway. In an official directive published in Public Service Magazine Issue No. 5, Chu Yang wrote that the military must calculate every cent, pursue a path of low cost, high efficiency, sustainable development, and comprehensively review budgets and equipment expenditures. In plain terms, audit whatever can be audited, investigate whatever needs to be investigated. According to the South China Morning Post, Chu urged the military to prepare for frugal living and cut costs in multiple areas while drafting the 15th Five-Year Plan. He also called for stronger oversight of military budgets and assets, improving procurement systems, and reducing spending on training, management, and logistics. Previously, living frugally was a slogan often heard within the party government apparatus, but rarely in the military. However, on June 20th last year, the PLA Daily reported that the CMC General Office had issued a document on building a thrifty military, mentioning tightening belts to improve the efficiency of military operations and the use of national defense resources. Combined with the wave of procurement scandals exposed over the past two years, many senior generals falling one after another, this new call to tighten belts and audit the books serves both as an institutional follow-up to the anti-corruption campaign and as a reflection of worsening financial strain. Put simply, money must still be spent, but only where it can win battles. And every penny must be accounted for. On November 5th, the Fujian, China's first fully domestically designed and developed aircraft carrier, was commissioned. CCP leader Xi Jinping personally attended the handover ceremony in Hainan and reviewed the ship. Equipped with a flat deck and electromagnetic catapults, Fujian far surpasses previous carriers, narrowing the technological gap with the United States. Currently, only the U.S. The Navy's Ford-class carriers use similar technology. In 2015, the U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence recorded that China had 255 combat ships. By 2025, that number has reached around 400, surpassing the U.S. Navy's roughly 300 vessels, making China the world leader in ship count. However, since U.S. ships have larger tonnage, the U.S. Navy still leads in total displacement. But many are asking, as China's economy clearly declines, could the CCP's unrestrained military buildup drag it into the same fatal spiral that doomed the Soviet Union? Today, the CCP faces severe internal threats. China's economy is tottering, yet Beijing continues to expand its military on a massive scale, building warships at breakneck speed, only worsening the economic burden and hastening the regime's eventual collapse. Now, as the Chinese military undergoes continuous internal purges, with senior generals personally promoted by Xi falling one after another, leaving the upper command system hollowed out, China has suddenly shown eagerness to re-engage with the U.S. military, even encouraging frontline troops and secondary channels to interact for peaceful coexistence. It looks more like fear than confidence. Putting recent developments together chronologically, the picture is easy to read. The military is being told to live frugally, a post-purge adjustment after the anti-corruption drive. The Fujian's commissioning is muscle-flexing toward the U.S., but as the economy declines, will the CCP follow the Soviet Union's doomed path in its quest to surpass America militarily? That's a question Beijing's leaders can no longer avoid. Wang Huning's Power Play? Xi's Trust in Li Qiang's Shaken? Ruthless Moves, Secrets, and Survival After the fourth plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, Wang Huning was appointed deputy head of the drafting committee for China's 15th five-year plan, officially stepping into the State Council's domain. What does this mean? At the same time, Wang Huning, who also serves as chairman of the Chinese Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification, has been continuously wielding soft knives against Taiwan, further destabilizing the island. Some say Wang is the most dangerous figure in the CCP's power structure, while others call him Xi Jinping's brain. Without him, the Xi era as we know it would not exist. Wang Huning currently serves as chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, CPPCC, a role traditionally seen as a decorative, political flower vase that oversees the United Front and political consultation work. However, the 15th five-year plan belongs to the State Council's territory, the core of China's economic policy making. From the 13th to the 14th five-year plan, no CPPCC chairman has ever participated as deputy head in drafting an economic plan. Yet, if one examines Wang Huning's official resume closely after the 2023 National People's Congress, in addition to being a standing committee member of the Politburo and the 14th CPPCC chairman positions announced at the 20th Party Congress, he also assumed two more roles, director of the Office of the Central Commission for Comprehensively Deepening Reform and chairman of the 10th Council of the Chinese Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification. This indicates that Wang's appointment as deputy head of the 15th five-year plan drafting committee comes through his position as director of the Deepening Reform Commission's office. What does this commission do? It is the highest decision-making and coordinating body responsible for advancing comprehensive reforms across all sectors. What does that imply? It means Wang Huning's real power far exceeds that of an ordinary CPPCC chairman. He is not only managing the United Front, one of his hands has now reached into economic policymaking. This also shows that Xi Jinping does not fully trust the state council. Premier Li Qiang may wish to improve the economy, but Xi wants the next five-year economic blueprint to be written according to his political will, not economic laws. Hence, he dispatched his most trusted brain, Wang Huning. So what is Wang doing now? He bypasses Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party, DPP government, to push for broad cooperation, exchanges, and united front work. He proactively opens the door and personally extends invitations to Taiwanese civic groups and individuals. You are welcome to come. This has caught the DPP off guard. In response, the DPP has had to amend the national security law to restrict Taiwanese citizens from traveling to the mainland, and even to pressure those with mainland spouses. In public opinion, the DPP has been put on the defensive. Wang Huning's soft knives come in two particularly insidious forms. The first move, designating October 25 as Taiwan Retrocession Day to seize control of the narrative. Wang uses this retrocession day as a political tool to pressure both major Taiwanese parties. For the DPP, within the party, some factions refuse to acknowledge the concept of retrocession, calling it merely the end of the war. President Lai Ching-te also avoids mentioning victory in the war of resistance against Japan. This allows the CCP to easily label the DPP as pro-independence, providing ideological justification for future hardline or even military actions. For the Kuomintang, KMT, the party traditionally views Taiwan retrocession as a historic achievement of the Republic of China. But since the DPP government has downplayed this topic, the CCP quickly seized the opportunity to retell history and claim itself as the true heir of the Republic of China. The KMT now faces a dilemma. If it mentions retrocession, it seems to echo the CCP. If it stays silent, it appears to abandon its historical stance. Through this move, Wang Huning has effectively erased the gray area of one China. Respective interpretations forcing all. Taiwanese political factions choose between unification or independence. The second move, the seven betterments, a form of psychological warfare aimed at influencing Taiwan. Wang claims that after peaceful reunification, Taiwan will enjoy seven forms of improvement. Better economy, energy, infrastructure, security, foreign relations, people's livelihood, and cultural spiritual life. The article argues that these promises are purely propagandistic, meant to paint a rosy picture of reunification with China. Using Hong Kong as a counterexample, it highlights the city's economic decline, political repression, and loss of freedom and cultural vitality after the implementation of the national security law. From this perspective, Hong Kong's reality proves that the seven betterments are empty promises. The author concludes that these claims mainly serve to exert psychological influence and build political justification for potential stronger actions by China against Taiwan in the future. Wang Huning's ability to manipulate the grand picture today stems from nearly 30 years of survival in Zhongnanhai across three leadership eras. Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao, and Xi Jinping. A rare feat in CCP politics. If Xi Jinping is the chief accelerator of the new era, then Wang Huning is the designer behind that accelerator. His danger lies not in his personal power, but in his ideology. He has cloaked the CCP's autocratic regime with a comprehensive veneer of legitimacy. That is the insidiousness of Wang Huning, a man who has supplied 30 years of ideological ammunition for authoritarianism, now personally steering its implementation. This is an extremely dangerous signal. For China, Taiwan, and the entire free world. The CCP's brain now holds both the blueprint and the tools. He is no longer just decorating the system. He is designing and constructing a future dominated by the CCP and hostile to freedom. The chameleon who hid in the shadows for decades has finally revealed his true form. Fang Hongwei, Xi'an party secretary, ousted over alleged ties to Xi Yuanping's interest network? The party secretary of Xi'an, Fang Hongwei, was recently dismissed from his post by the Chinese authorities. Because Fang is not only a fellow native of Xi Jinping, but also a Tsinghua University alumnus, the case has attracted widespread public attention. Some sources suggest that Fang's corruption case may be linked to Xi Jinping's younger brother, Xi Yuanping, and his illicit financial network. On the evening of November 7, 2025, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, CCDI, of the Chinese Communist Party announced that Fang Hongwei, a member of the standing committee of the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee and party secretary of Xi'an, is under investigation for serious violations of discipline and law. A few days earlier, Fang had been notably absent from several major government events. According to Mingpao Hongkong, citing insider sources, on November 5, Fang was scheduled to conduct an inspection of religious affairs in Xi'an, but was intercepted midway by CCDI officers and taken away. Reports circulating on overseas social media claim that Fang was abruptly detained while inspecting the ancient Guanyin Temple in Xi'an's Xiang'an district. Witnesses said he turned pale, his legs trembled, and he lost bladder control on the spot. His personal secretaries and private, confidential security and duty secretaries were all detained, and his wife was reportedly taken into custody by the Shanxi Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission. Notably, during the fourth plenary session of the CCP Central Committee, Fang was one of seven officials who were passed over in the next round of appointments. Traditionally, vacancies in the Central Committee are filled according to the ranking of alternate members, but Fang and several other highly ranked alternates were excluded, sparking speculation. Some sources claim that Fang Hongwei was involved not only in personal corruption, but also in allowing his relatives to profit from his influence. A local business figure said, Everyone in the industry knows Fang Hongwei's wife and sister are extremely greedy. There are also rumors linking Fang's case to that of Yao Lijun, a standing committee member of the Xi'an Party Committee and head of the city's propaganda department. Political commentator Zhang Tianliang in his program Tianliang on Politics analyzed that Fang faces a no-win situation. If he doesn't implicate Xi Yuanping, Xi Yuanping might quietly protect him. But if he does implicate Xi Yuanping, Xi Jinping would be forced to distance himself to avoid being implicated, and Xi Yuanping would also cut ties, leaving Fang in even greater danger. Zhang argued that the CCDI is unlikely to directly touch Xi Yuanping, and even if his name appears in the investigation files, Xi Jinping would probably issue a private warning and handle the matter internally. According to Zhang's sources, after Yao Lijun was arrested, he initially acted arrogantly, claiming to belong to Xi Yuanping's faction. The distribution of bribe money was reportedly divided as follows. 60% to Xi Yuanping, 20% to Fang Hongwei, 20% kept by Yao himself. It is said that Yao transferred $23.4 million, equivalent to HKD 180 million, into Fang's Hong Kong account, suggesting that Xi Yuanping may have received at least $70.2 million under this arrangement. After Yao's arrest, the 15th Central Inspection Team was dispatched to Shanxi in July to review the case and reportedly uncovered Fang's involvement. Initially, Yao did not mention Xi Yuanping, but once the investigation deepened, every statement he made included Xi Yuanping's name, hoping to gain protection. Yao is said to have kept WeChat records of orders from both Xi Yuanping and Fang Hongwei, as well as documents related to foreign exchange transactions between Xi Yuanping and Vice Premier Liu Guochong. In addition, Fang's wife reportedly runs three currency exchange companies in Hong Kong. Global support for Yu Menglong. Beijing panics, showbiz collapses, actors quit. What's happening to China's film and entertainment industry? Recently, a series of newly released movies have all flopped miserably. What's going on? Is it because of the tough economy? Are people simply out of money? Some say there are now too many forms of entertainment, and going to the cinema just isn't popular anymore. But that's not it. The real problem isn't that domestic films are too bad. Surely the filmmakers themselves know deep down what's wrong. The mysterious death of actor Yu Menglong has implicated several major figures in the entertainment world. Some films stubbornly refuse to withdraw from theaters, resulting in so-called ghost screenings. Ticketing systems showing full seats while the cinema itself was completely empty. Moreover, all films and programs connected to the perpetrators and their accomplices must now be boycotted so that they lose every cent earned through evil deeds. Rumors say that before Yu Menglong's death, he was trapped by the casting couch. The notorious hidden rules of the industry. Taiwanese actress Li Fengwen once spoke bluntly on a talk show. I've worked in mainland China for several years and to be honest, the hidden rules really do exist. They say it openly. I have two rules. One, you sleep with me. Two, you give me money. One time, a middle-aged agent, about 40, got drunk and told me, Ms. Li, I like you. Come to my room tonight and sleep with me. In this industry, so many people shine on the surface but kneel behind the scenes to make money. Assistants earn just $420 a month yet still have to wash underwear and socks. Stars who dazzle under the lights can't even decide what to wear or what jewelry to use at events. No matter how unreasonable or humiliating the orders from above are, they can hardly resist. If they want to keep working, the only way is to be chosen by investors and brands. Once they gain a little fame, they must endure public criticism. They can only passively accept it. If a powerful figure takes an interest in you and you refuse, there's only one outcome, disappearance from the industry. Without backing, you're completely blacklisted. Everything the public sees, marketing, investment, media, is just the image they want to create. The industry has become terrifyingly distorted. From staff to actors, there's no room left to live. Everyone pins their hopes on their artist suddenly becoming famous so they can ride the wave. There's hardly any other path to career advancement. It's truly sad. Under the rule of the Chinese Communist Party, traditional performing arts have long disappeared. Actors who once pursued dreams now mostly just worry about survival. In Hengdian, the daily pay for extras has dropped to $11.24. New actors have declined en masse. Beauty queens from the Beijing Film Academy have become food vloggers. Graduates from the Central Academy of Drama appear as live-stream backdrops. Some go to Myanmar to act in scam films and end up kidnapped. Third-tier male idols work as food delivery couriers. And acting students sell goods in street stalls after graduation. In this oppressive society, the dreams of countless performers have been shattered. The root of the hidden rules lies in the abuse of power. And that power doesn't come from money but from politics. Under the CCP's unchecked monopoly, anyone with enough power can do whatever they want. Celebrities enjoy great fortune but also meet great misfortune. Most end their lives lonely, divorced, or childless. Don't envy the stars. Such fame and fortune demand immense virtue to withstand. After capital withdrew in 2018, nearly 10,000 film companies shut down. Top-tier celebrities monopolize all projects while mid-level actors vanish entirely. The Chinese film and entertainment industry is dying from systemic rot. Hidden rules, capital monopolies, political power abuse, economic collapse, and collective moral numbness. The public boycotts, actors quit or barely scrape by, crime rises, and the authorities either seize assets or turn a blind eye. This is the grim reality of China's internal collapse in 2025. Thank you for watching Secret in China. If you value thoughtful independent journalism, we invite you to subscribe, share your thoughts in the comments, and join the conversation. Until next time, stay informed and take care.