"What’s unfolding behind the red walls of Zhongnanhai may be far more serious than what the public can see. From shocking reports that Zhang Youxia has been detained and tortured, to mysterious explosions lasting for days in Weifang, the signs are deeply alarming. And it doesn’t stop there. Military intelligence has publicly denounced Zhang Youxia, while another figure of equal rank, He Weidong, is rumored to have died. At the same time, new revelations about the Xi Jinping family’s monopoly over cheap oil—and Xi Jinping’s name allegedly appearing in Epstein-related records—are pushing international pressure to unprecedented levels. Be sure to subscribe for more in-depth content about China! https://www.youtube.com/@ChinaInsider-tv/?sub_confirmation=1 00:00 - Intro 00:55 - Hu Liren: Has Zhang Youxia Been Tortured? 05:33 - The PLA Daily Attacks Zhang Youxia — Has He Weidong Died? 09:21 - Sheng Xue: Is Xi Jinping’s Older Sister Monopolizing Cheap Oil Purchases? 14:36 - Epstein Named Xi Jinping Directly #xijinping#zhangyouxia"
What's unfolding behind the red walls of Zhongnanhai may be far more serious than what
the public can see.
From shocking reports that Zhang Youxia has been detained and tortured, to mysterious
explosions lasting for days in Weifang, the signs are deeply alarming.
And it doesn't stop there.
Military intelligence has publicly denounced Zhang Youxia, while another figure of equal
rank, He Weidong, is rumored to have died.
At the same time, new revelations about the Xi Jinping family's monopoly over cheap oil,
and Xi Jinping's name allegedly appearing in Epstein-related records, are pushing international
pressure to unprecedented levels.
This is no longer just internal infighting.
It is a struggle over power, money, and lives, and its outcome could shake China to its core.
Join us as we break it all down in today's program.
Has Zhang Youxia been tortured?
Hu Liren, a former Shanghai entrepreneur now living in the United States, revealed
on his self-run media program that, according to information he received from Beijing, the
location where Zhang Youxia is being held has come to light.
It is said that at the border between Beijing and Langfang, Hebei province, south of Beijing
Daxing International Airport in Guam County, there is a training facility of the Central
Guard Bureau.
Zhang Youxia is reportedly being detained there and subjected to brutal abuse.
Hu Liren further disclosed that Kai Qi has recently been living in the same area and
is believed to be the de facto commander overseeing Zhang Youxia's torture.
Hu also recalled that in 2017, when Kai Qi ordered the clean-up of Beijing's so-called
low-end population, he publicly stated,
This reflects Kai Qi's hardline style.
If he has indeed been tasked with leading Zhang Youxia's interrogation, many observers
believe Zhang's situation is far from optimistic.
After incidents involving Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli, the major military theater commands
of the Chinese Communist military have fallen into an unusual silence, issuing no high-profile
statements pledging loyalty to top leader Xi Jinping.
In contrast, during this period, Chinese netizens have repeatedly captured videos of various
military vehicles on the move, and even footage of military aircraft taking off.
Meanwhile, in Weifang, Shandong province, loud explosions were reportedly heard for
three consecutive days starting January 28, drawing widespread attention.
Weifang is known to host units including the Northern Theater Command Army's 80th Group
Army, the 69th Combined Arms Brigade, as well as several Air Force units such as the
50th Army Aviation Brigade.
According to descriptions from video uploaders, it sounds somewhat like engines mixed with
several loud explosions.
Many local netizens responded, saying,
It was booming all morning, and it's still exploding this afternoon.
Some commented that they heard the blasts even at midnight and were woken up by them.
Since Weifang is a military garrison area, some suspect that the three days of unusual
explosions may be linked to military exercises.
On January 31, a netizen in Anhui posted a video revealing a large military transport
convoy on a highway, consisting of white buses carrying troops and green tarp-covered military
trucks moving in a long procession.
According to publicly available information, the main ground forces stationed in Anhui
belong to the Eastern Theater Command, with the 71st Group Army as its core force.
Earlier, on the night of January 27, a netizen uploaded a video claiming that sounds resembling
gunfire were heard throughout the night in the Zhongnanhai area of Beijing.
Firecrackers are absolutely forbidden at night in Zhongnanhai.
There is only one explanation – gunfire.
This is political struggle.
This is the Xi'an power struggle.
According to the latest revelations from the channel Shanhei Dongfu, one side consists
of Xi Jinping's imperial guards responsible for protecting Zhongnanhai, while the other
side is a special mobile force under Zhang Youxia's command.
In addition, the channel Ordinary People Inside the Walls claims that the entire Chinese Communist
military has entered a level-one combat readiness state and cut off external communications.
With the Central Military Commission reportedly paralyzed, the military is said to be in a
state of chaos.
Han Shengyan, commander of the Central Theater Command, and Yang Shuibin, commander of the
Eastern Theater Command, both considered aligned with Hu Jintao, have reportedly made contact
with the party elders and are awaiting further action.
At present, local party and government systems are still operating normally and Chen Xiaozhang
has returned to Xinjiang.
The families of Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli have not been subjected to large-scale arrests.
The 82nd Group Army has also not yet engaged in armed clashes with the Central Guard Bureau
or the Ministry of State Security.
However, tensions are extremely high, and everyone remains on edge.
Any moment could see a spark ignite, an armed confrontation.
The PLA daily attacks Zhang Youxia, has Yuedong died?
In reality, although the Zhang Xi factions have not yet openly exchanged gunfire, the
war of information and public opinion has been underway for quite some time.
On January 31st, the PLA daily published a commentary that significantly escalated the
public denunciation of Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli.
Right at the outset, the article declared that the resolute investigation and punishment
of Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli represented a major achievement of the policy of
comprehensively and strictly governing the party, a great victory in the anti-corruption campaign.
It claimed this was of critical importance in helping the military uproot remaining toxic
residues and achieve a complete shedding of skin and rebirth.
The language was especially harsh, even stating that they would be nailed forever to the pillar
of historical shame.
Yet a comparison reveals something striking.
A case of the same rank and scale, He Yuedong, also a vice chairman of the Central Military
Commission, reportedly implicated nine full generals, and by logic, should be even more
serious in nature.
However, to this day, the PLA daily has not published a single commentator's article
denouncing the He Yuedong-Miao Hua case.
This strongly suggests Xi Jinping's bone-deep hatred toward Zhang Youxia, contrasted with
his careful protection of He Yuedong.
At the same time, the very channel that first broke the news of Zhang Youxia's arrest,
China-Japan Political and Economic Commentary, suddenly dug up an old report claiming that
He Yuedong had committed suicide in prison.
The blogger stated that, after verification through multiple channels, He Yuedong's
death by suicide had been confirmed.
However, no time or location was provided.
Instead, the Post simply recycled old information originally published by Kai Shengkun on May
24th last year.
According to that earlier account, He Yuedong was arrested after the close of the National
People's Congress session on March 11th last year, initially held for interrogation
at the 301 hospital, then transferred to detention in Baoding with an alleged date of death as
specific as May 2nd.
At present, the truth of these claims cannot be independently verified.
But now yet another channel has resurfaced allegations that He Yuedong is dead.
One has to ask, at the very moment the PLA Daily is publishing commentaries intensifying
its attacks on Zhang Youxia, is it really just a coincidence that an old story about
He Yuedong's death is suddenly reheated?
Commentator Tang Jingyuan observed that if this is combined with the fact that the Politburo
meeting on January 30th failed to announce a review or approval of a resolution to formally
investigate Zhang Youxia, meaning the procedural legal patch could not be applied, then the
situation can be summed up in one sentence, Xi Jinping is riding a tiger he cannot dismount
and is sliding downhill.
That said, he cautioned that in a rapidly shifting internal power struggle, disadvantages
can reverse at any moment.
Drawing conclusions now about who has secured victory would be premature.
The fight between the two sides remains fierce.
At present, Xi Jinping holds the advantage of controlling the center, and because he
wields both the pen, propaganda, and the sword, coercive force, along with substantial resources,
his voice appears dominant.
The anti-Xi camp's advantage, meanwhile, lies in having secured support from within
the military, enabling it to resist Xi's pressure.
However, the bad news facing Xi Jinping does not stop there.
Is Xi Jinping's older sister monopolizing cheap oil purchases?
On January 31st, writer Shen Xie posted on X-Information allegedly revealed by an insider
within Xi Jinping's system, claiming that Qi Chaoqiao has monopolized the purchase of
cheap oil from Venezuela and Iran.
This information has not been independently verified, but it is presented here for reference.
Notably, shortly after the post went live, Shen Xie reportedly received a phone call
demanding that she delete it.
As a result, the original post on X is no longer available.
Only a follow-up post remains, in which she stated that she had spent three hours compiling
materials related to the case.
Shen Xie is a well-known Chinese-Canadian journalist, author, and human rights activist.
She is widely recognized for her leadership role in the overseas Chinese democracy movement
and for her investigative reporting on the Lai Chongxin smuggling case.
As for why Qi Chaoqiao bears the surname Qi rather than Xi, it is because she took her
mother's surname, Qi Xin, the wife of Xi Zhongxun and the biological mother of Xi Jinping.
So what did Shen Xie's post actually say?
According to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Venezuelan oil is being transferred
to China at an extremely low price of just $20 per barrel as repayment for outstanding debts.
A former Chinese Communist Party official told Shen Xie that this supply of cut-price
oil is monopolized by Qi Chaoqiao, Xi Jinping's elder sister.
In addition, Qi is said to monopolize the cement business in Shenzhen and Guangzhou,
to have taken control of the Ping'an Group, and to own numerous companies through proxies.
Below are the key points disclosed by the former official.
i.
Xi Jinping's sister, Qi Chaoqiao, monopolizes China's oil business.
She purchases crude oil from Venezuela and Iran at around $20 per barrel, then resells
it to Sinopec at $40-$60 per barrel, generating an estimated annual profit of about 400 billion
yuan, approximately $57.54 billion.
ii.
Insiders estimate Qi Chaoqiao's current personal wealth at around 20 trillion yuan, approximately
2.88 trillion.
iii.
In 2010-2011, Chen Hua, chairman of Shenzhen-based Kinky Banner Group, allegedly defrauded Shenzhen
Agricultural Bank of 20 billion yuan and fled to Hong Kong.
When the bank prepared to arrest him, he reportedly bribed Qi Chaoqiao with 2 billion yuan, about
$288 million, to settle the matter.
iv.
Qi Chaoqiao also monopolizes the cement business in Shenzhen and Guangzhou.
At its peak, this business generated annual revenues of 130 billion yuan, about $18.7
billion.
She reportedly owns 170 companies in Shenzhen.
v.
The largest asset of Xi Jinping and Peng Liyuan is said to be Henli Group in Shandong.
Its chairman is also named Chen Hua, but he is a different individual from the Chen Hua
of Kinky Banner.
The group's current revenue is reportedly approaching 400 billion yuan, about 57.54
billion euros.
v.
Qi Chaoqiao owns seven investment and trading companies.
The head of these investment firms is Long Ji, a 59-year-old native of Hunan.
Qi conducts crude oil transactions through Long Ji, importing cheap oil from Venezuela
and Iran, and previously Russia.
Because importing crude oil into China requires government quotas, only Qi Chaoqiao is said
to have the authority to import oil at such low prices.
v.
Ping An Group once recorded peak revenues exceeding 1 trillion yuan, about $143.85 billion,
and was originally associated with the Yang Ying family.
It was later targeted and taken over by Qi Chaoqiao.
The current chairman, Ma Mingzhe, is now said to be working for Qi.
Qi Chaoqiao does not appear directly in any transactions.
All dealings are conducted through intermediaries.
According to this account, Secretary Rubio's remarks have exposed a harsh reality.
The enormous profits generated from oil price arbitrage, exploiting loopholes in international
sanctions, have never been used to alleviate Venezuela's humanitarian crisis, nor have
they benefited the Chinese public, which has endured high fuel prices for years.
Instead, the money has continuously flowed into the private pockets of Chinese Communist
This so-called energy arbitrage business, which has lasted for more than a decade, amounts
to a systematic, cross-border plunder of wealth on a scale of trillions of dollars.
Sheng Shui further stated that she had received related insider information through special
channels as early as a month ago, but at the time lacked sufficient evidence and supporting
documentation, so she kept it confidential.
Now with Secretary Rubio's public testimony, she has organized and shared this information,
inviting the public to witness what she describes as a historic reckoning now unfolding for
the Chinese Communist Party and for Xi Jinping.
Epstein named Xi Jinping directly.
And it doesn't stop there.
Another piece of news has reportedly added to Xi Jinping's headaches.
According to Sound of Hope, during the investigation into the Epstein case, the U.S. Department
of Justice repeatedly mentioned Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping.
Publicly released emails show that Prince Andrew spent a considerable amount of time
in close proximity to Xi Jinping.
The former Duke of York reportedly had extensive contact with senior CCP officials.
These newly disclosed details have raised further questions.
Could his relationship with the very top levels of the Chinese Communist Party constitute
a national security risk?
According to a November 2015 email Epstein sent to billionaire investor and LinkedIn
co-founder Reid Hoffman, Prince Andrew had a close relationship with Xi Jinping.
Epstein told Hoffman that Prince Andrew was about to travel to China and had spent a great
deal of time with Xi.
While clearly trying to arrange a meeting between Hoffman and the former prince, Epstein
added,
If you have any gifts, please let me know.
This correspondence is part of more than 3 million Epstein-related documents released
by the U.S. Department of Justice on January 30.
In an earlier email to former Barclays CEO and American banker Jess Staley, Epstein appeared
to suggest that Prince Andrew, referred to in the context of the House of Mountbatten-Windsor,
was eager to represent the asset management firm J.P. Morgan Casanova in entering the
Chinese market.
In a September 2010 email, Epstein wrote that Prince Andrew was even more eager to help
Casanova expand into China than American financier Tim Collins.
Observers note that while there is no direct evidence linking Xi Jinping himself to the
Epstein case, these revelations have heightened international concern over the Chinese Communist
Party's efforts to cultivate and co-opt global elites, and have further damaged Xi Jinping's
image on the international stage.
What do you think about these revelations and developments?
Leave your thoughts in the comments below.
Thank you and see you next time.