Day: February 25, 2026

Four weeks after Xi Jinping moved against his two most powerful generals, Beijing remains locked in a dangerous stalemate. No official charges. No confirmed detention site. Not even confirmation of whether Zhang Youxia is still alive. As rumors swirl and red aristocratic families demand answers, the CCP’s silence itself has become the crisis. This episode breaks down why Xi’s camp can’t “produce” Zhang Youxia, how using public security to seize military leaders humiliates the PLA, and why elites are starting to build their own protection networks—an early warning sign of systemic breakdown inside the regime.

Source: Four Weeks After Xi’s Purge: Where Is Zhang Youxia?

For the first time, a local company is laying an undersea cable connecting Taiwan’s main island to the outlying Matsu islands. The project comes after the Matsu cables were severed over 20 times in the past five years, most notably in 2023 when Chinese ships cut both lines, leaving 13,000 residents without internet for 50 days.

Source: Taiwanese Firm Lays Undersea Cable for First Time Amid Frequent Cuts｜TaiwanPlus News

Japan says it plans to deploy surface-to-air missiles on Yonaguni Island by 2030, just 110 kilometers from Taiwan. TaiwanPlus spoke to Professor Tsai Hsi-hsun from Tamkang University for more on what this could mean moving forward.

Source: Analysis: Japan To Deploy Missiles on Nearest Island to Taiwan by 2030｜TaiwanPlus News

Source: Finding Rare Earths in Japanese Mud | | Peter Zeihan

Peru’s president Jose Jeri has been ousted over a growing Chinese scandal. And with the Chinese fishing fleet massing around Peru’s waters, the question is becoming—has China already invaded?

Source: China Invaded. And A President Falls

Four weeks after Xi Jinping moved against his two most powerful generals, Beijing remains locked in a dangerous stalemate. No official charges. No confirmed detention site. Not even confirmation of whether Zhang Youxia is still alive. As rumors swirl and red aristocratic families demand answers, the CCP’s silence itself has become the crisis. This episode breaks down why Xi’s camp can’t “produce” Zhang Youxia, how using public security to seize military leaders humiliates the PLA, and why elites are starting to build their own protection networks—an early warning sign of systemic breakdown inside the regime.

Source: Four Weeks After Xi’s Purge: Where Is Zhang Youxia?

With the Fujian ship (Type 003) joining the fleet and undergoing intensive sea trials, both official media and online communities have entered an unprecedented “Three Aircraft Carrier Era” frenzy. In carefully edited promotional videos, set to dramatic music and slow-motion shots, and with overwhelming praise proclaiming “far ahead,” an inflated strategic illusion is spreading: it seems that as long as these three steel giants line up in the Western Pacific, America’s half-century of naval dominance will instantly vanish.

Source: China’s 3 Carriers Combined Can’t Beat U.S. Nimitz—Only 60 Sorties vs. Nimitz’s 240

In China, new players in energy storage, virtual power plants and smart microgrids are helping develop and expand the country’s new energy market. Officials from China Southern Power Grid say the total access capacity connected to virtual power plants exceed 14 million kilowatts.

Source: China is powering its AI era with new energy storage and smart microgrids

Source: China’s AI Slop is Hilarious!