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Xi's Latest Military Purge, Assessing Effectiveness of Tariffs, and Capital Repatriation

2024/12/3
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Miles Yu分析了中国海军上将缪华被免职的事件，认为这符合中共权力斗争的模式，即最高领导人提拔忠诚的下属，但最终又会因下属权力过大而将其清除。他还深入探讨了对中国进口商品征收关税的必要性，认为关税可以应对中国的掠夺性贸易行为，促进美国经济增长，维护全球贸易体系的完整性。最后，Yu分析了中国政府对外国资本汇回的严格限制，认为这一政策违反了自由市场原则，并暴露了中共政权的本质，给外国投资者带来了巨大的风险。

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This chapter analyzes the surprising purge of Admiral Miao Hua, a high-ranking military official and Xi Jinping loyalist. The purge is explained through the historical pattern of CCP purges, where loyal subordinates eventually become threats to the supreme leader's power.
  • Purge of Admiral Miao Hua, a Xi Jinping loyalist
  • Historical pattern of CCP purges of powerful loyalists
  • Miao's purge explained by the logic of dictatorship

Shownotes Transcript

In this week's China Insider, expert Miles Yu discusses the peculiar purge of Admiral Miao Hua and why this should not come as a surprise to anyone. Next he does a deep dive into the contentious issue of tariffs on Chinese imports, and finishes by analyzing China's draconian restrictions of free capital flows by foreign companies.