China's Unified Appearance Is Strategic Deception: Analyst Explains Unprecedented Turmoil Within CCP

Chinese Regime leader Xi Jinping in an address on Tuesday, referenced the removal of the country's top military general, Zhang Youxia, in January.
Published: 2/13/2026, 11:58:56 PM EST

Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping in an address on Tuesday referenced the removal of the country's top military general, Zhang Youxia, in January. Lei, the host of Lei's Real Talk, comments, "The last time this kind of drama unfolded was in 1972." Does this internal turmoil impact how the U.S. should deal with China?