Is the Emperor on his Way Out? Will His Legacy be WW Xi?
COMMITTEE ON THE PRESENT DANGER: CHINA
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
12:00-1:15 pm ET
WASHINGTON, D.C.—During the Cold War, American experts would scrutinize every shred of evidence – including who stood where on Lenin’s tomb during military parades – for clues about Kremlin leadership struggles and their implications for our security.
A similar phenomenon is currently underway regarding China’s secretive Communist hierarchy. Purges of senior military officers believed to be loyal to the current Chinese “emperor,” Xi Jinping, his recent, protracted absences – both physical and from the state-controlled media, and rumors of his ill-health are feeding speculation he may soon be toppled from power.
A most timely Committee on the Present Danger: China webinar from 12-1:15 p.m. ET today will feature a conversation moderated by Frank Gaffney with six of America’s preeminent experts on the Chinese Communist Party, Xi’s ambitions and their Unrestricted Warfare against America: Gordon Chang, Capt. James Fanell, Col. John Mills, Col. Grant Newsham, Brian Kennedy and Dr. Karen Siegemund.
Among the topics to be discussed will be:
· Are Xi’s days as absolute dictator indeed numbered?
· Either way, is the advanced state of his preparations for a shooting war such that we are at a moment of acute danger – and what is our appropriate response?
· If Xi is in extremis, will he lash out? If so, how and what must we be prepared to do?
· What are our allies’ responses likely to be to CCP leadership volatility?
· War on the Home Front: Is chaos here Xi’s hole card?
· Does a CCP leadership crisis offer an opportunity for freeing the Chinese people and, if so, how do we help?”
Register at PresentDangerChina.org.
WHAT: A CPDC conversation | “Is the Emperor on His Way Out? Will His Legacy be World War Xi?”
WHEN: 12:00-1:15 p.m. ET, Wednesday, July 2, 2025
WHO:
Moderator:
Frank Gaffney, President of the Institute for the American Future; Vice-chair for the Committee on the Present Danger: China; Host of “Securing America” on Real America’s Voice network.
Panelists:
Gordon Chang, Esq., Senior Fellow, Gatestone Institute; columnist, Newsweek; author, “Plan Red: China's Project to Destroy America,” “China is Going to War,” and “The Coming Collapse of China”; Follow on X @GordonGChang
Captain James Fanell, U.S. Navy (Ret.), Former Director of Intelligence and Information Operations, U.S. Pacific Fleet; co-author, “Embracing Communist China: America's Greatest Strategic Failure”
Colonel John Mills, U.S. Army (Ret.), Veteran Special Operator; former senior official responsible for Cybersecurity Policy, Office of the Secretary of Defense; former member, the National Security Council staff and detailed to the Department of Homeland Security; host, “The National Security Hour”; author, “War Against the Deep State”
Colonel Grant Newsham, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.), Former Military Attaché in Embassy Tokyo; former Foreign Service Officer; longtime business executive in the Western Pacific; author, “When China Attacks: A Warning to America”
Brian T. Kennedy, Chairman, Committee on the Present Danger: China; President, American Strategy Group; former President, Claremont Institute; author, “Communist China’s War Inside America”
Dr. Karen Siegemund, PhD, Founder and President, The American Freedom Alliance; Founding Member, The Sovereignty Coalition
HOW: Register at PresentDangerChina.org
CONTACT THE COMMITTEE: info@presentdangerchina.org
No. he's not on his way out. It's a false flag.