This is How China Decides Who’s in Charge
Simon Whistler • August 11, 2025
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Inside the CCP’s shadowy corridors, factions rise and fall, fortunes shift offshore, and loyalty is a weapon. This is China’s real-life Game of Thrones—where power is survival.