China s Xi goes full Stalin with purge POLITICO

While the world is distracted by war in the Middle East and Ukraine, a Stalin-like purge is sweeping through China s ultra-secretive political system, with profound implications for the global economy and even the prospects for peace in the region.

The signals emanating from Beijing are unmistakable, even as China s security services have ramped up repression to totalitarian levels, making it almost impossible to know what is really happening inside the country.

The unexplained disappearance and removal of China s foreign and defense ministers both Xi loyalists who were handpicked and elevated mere months before they went missing earlier this year are just two examples.

via www.politico.eu