It may already be backfiring, Marc. Apparently there was sort of a "last will and testament" letter left behind by Zhang, and there have possibly been gunfights in the street between factions. 

On Fri, Jan 30, 2026 at 11:36 AM Marc Liebman <marc@marcliebman.com> wrote:

https://understandingwar.org/research/china-taiwan/xi-jinpings-military-purges-leave-him-increasingly-powerful-but-isolated/

 

The purges could backfire on Xi and make him much too powerful for the other folks within the politburo, military and CCP leadership.

 

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