What Xi is tinkering with is the CCP’s control over the population. Anything that puts that hegemony at risk will be looked with a jaundiced eye by the Central Committee. While Xi may have “his people” in key roles, is crack down on corruption is also taking money out of some the pockets of several powerful members of the Central Committee. Worse, anything that would bring sanctions down on the PRC that would restrict access to money abroad will affect their stashes of cash in Western banks. It is also risks cutting off entrepreneurs in the Special Economic Zones who have commercial relationships with companies outside the PRC and who hide their wealth outside the PRC, well away from the prying eyes of the Ministry of State Security. Marc Liebman https://www.marcliebman.com https://www.facebook.com/marcliebmanauthor/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_sDoFQM5wupNaCeGIvKL1g From: James Lowder <lowderjf@gmail.com> Date: Friday, January 30, 2026 at 10:15 AM To: Marc Liebman <marc@marcliebman.com> Cc: HeloBubbas <helobubbas@helobubbas.com> Subject: Re: [Helobubbas] Laterst on PRC/Taiwan from ISW 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<mailto:marc@marcliebman.com>> wrote: https://understandingwar.org/research/china-taiwan/xi-jinpings-military-purg... The purges could backfire on Xi and make him much too powerful for the other folks within the politburo, military and CCP leadership. Marc Liebman https://www.marcliebman.com https://www.facebook.com/marcliebmanauthor/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_sDoFQM5wupNaCeGIvKL1g Author of: Cherubs 2 Raider of the Scottish Coast Big Mother 40 Carronade Render Harmless Death of a Lady Forgotten Last Battles Inner Look For a Few Francs Moscow Airlift Predators The Simushir Island Incident Fight We Shall Flight of the Pawnee Failure to Fire Insidious Dragon The Red Star of Death Member of: The Author’s Guild Military Writers Society of America Association of Texas Authors North American Snowsport Journalists Association -- _______________________________________________ Helobubbas mailing list -- helobubbas@helobubbas.com<mailto:helobubbas@helobubbas.com> To unsubscribe send an email to helobubbas-leave@helobubbas.com<mailto:helobubbas-leave@helobubbas.com> -- Best regards, Jim