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Defense Minister Dong Jun is rumored to have been taken away for investigation and has been missing for over a month, failing to attend the Fifth Plenary Session, sparking external concern and speculation about internal power struggles.
Following the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CCP Central Committee, the push for comprehensive strict party governance and the purging of officials has led to mass arrests of officials in government compounds across the country, triggering panic within official circles and a trend of officials preparing for their aftermath in advance.
Hu Chunhua, whose previous absence had sparked rumors, appeared in the footage of the CCTV news broadcast at the meeting, with white hair and a haggard expression.
In a live broadcast, Hu Liren claimed that Liu Yuan, son of Liu Shaoqi and a general, currently controls 30,000 to 40,000 armed police troops in Beijing and is exerting a check on Xi Jinping in high-level politics.
China's Ministry of State Security published an article titled "Defend the CCP Central Committee to the Death," emphasizing the role of the red imperial guards of the Long March era in protecting central leaders, sparking outside associations with concerns about a coup at the top.
The provinces of Hunan and Yunnan each held provincial leading cadres meetings, announcing that Wang Zhijun will serve as secretary of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee and Mo Gaoyi as secretary of the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee, while also adjusting the personnel for governors and deputy party secretaries of several provinces.
At a Politburo meeting on the eve of the Fifth Plenary Session, the elders and the faction holding real power placed two pieces of paper demanding resignation or dismissal on the table, forcing Xi Jinping to choose one of the two.
Chen Yixin of the CCP's state security apparatus floated the words "defend the Party Central Committee to the death," reflecting the turbulent infighting at the top of the Party and drawing outside attention to political developments.
The Asia Society Policy Institute released a report on October 19 stating that among the 376 full and alternate members of the Central Committee elected at the 20th CCP National Congress in 2022, only about 291 attended the Fifth Plenary Session, an attendance rate of approximately 77%.
Since early September, a number of provincial Party secretaries and governors from places including Tibet, Henan and Anhui have stepped down one after another. Official communiqués did not disclose their specific whereabouts, sparking outside speculation about their political fates.
Hu Liren predicted in his program that Xi Jinping will in the future launch a thorough purge or marginalization of the remaining figures of the Communist Youth League faction and related senior officials (such as Wang Huning, Hu Chunhua, Shen Yueyue, Zhou Qiang, Han Zheng, and others).
The Chinese Communist Party's 20th Central Committee Fifth Plenary Session is scheduled to be held from October 26 to 29 at the Jinji Hotel inside Beijing's Third Ring Road, with about 400 people attending the meeting.
Yin Ke, a former official of the Chinese Communist Party's Jiangsu-Zhejiang system, revealed that the CCP's next top leadership may be reshuffled: Xi Jinping will retain the chairmanship of the Central Military Commission, while Li Qiang will serve as General Secretary and President of the country, sparking outside speculation about the distribution of spoils within Xi's faction and power struggles at the top.
The Wall Street Journal published a report concerning physical health and rest arrangements during Xi Jinping's visit to the United States, sparking outside speculation about the health of senior leaders and rumors of a handover of power.
Beijing sources say Xi Jinping may impose the death penalty on Zhang Youxia, with the official characterization of the case to be revealed at the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee in late October.