Omissions from the Central Committee lineup reveal deepening rifts within CCP leader Xi Jinping’s inner circle amid sweeping military and political purges.
State media touted economic progress, while Chinese people have described worsening hardship, political contradictions, and fading public trust in Xi’s rule.
The standoff—rooted in export controls by China and a rare state takeover by the Netherlands—thrusts the auto sector into the center of a chip supply dispute.
Omissions from the Central Committee lineup reveal deepening rifts within CCP leader Xi Jinping’s inner circle amid sweeping military and political purges.
State media touted economic progress, while Chinese people have described worsening hardship, political contradictions, and fading public trust in Xi’s rule.
The standoff—rooted in export controls by China and a rare state takeover by the Netherlands—thrusts the auto sector into the center of a chip supply dispute.