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24.01.2026

The Day of the Zhang Youxia Purge

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This page is an archive of main headlines from China for 24.01.2026.

It displays 51 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.

24.01.2026 ⇢ The Day of the Zhang Youxia Purge
⌹On January 24, 2026, Chinese editorial priorities fractured between a monolithic state narrative of cultural continuity and a sudden military crisis. Throughout the morning, mainland state organs including Xinhua and CCTV synchronized a campaign regarding the 'Fifteenth Plan's' first lesson, framing 5,000 years of civilization as a strategic asset for modernization. Concurrently, editors amplified Xi Jinping’s diplomatic outreach to Brazil and Uganda to maintain an image of international stability.
By early afternoon, this domestic cohesion was punctured by reports from regional and Western outlets, such as SCMP and the BBC, revealing that General Zhang Youxia—China’s top uniformed officer—and General Liu Zhenli had been placed under investigation. While state media suppressed this development, pivoting instead to stories on semiconductor miniaturization and AI chip IPOs to bolster the 'self-reliance' theme, external outlets prioritized the investigation as a significant breach in the PLA's leadership structure, contrasting the internal purge with the ongoing US-China maritime strategy shifts.
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08:45
Xinhua News Agency

习近平总乊记圚省郚级䞻芁领富干郚䞓题研讚班匀班匏䞊的重芁讲话激发奋进“十五五”信心力量

总乊记匀幎第䞀诟省郚班孊员这样谈䜓䌚 新华瀟评论员努力实现“十五五”良奜匀局 掚劚高莚量发展䞍断取埗新成效 着力提高党领富经济瀟䌚发展胜力和氎平 䞓题
08:45 (00:45 in your timezone)
08:55
China Digital Times

【404文库】“人家䞍䜆吧唧嘎人家还莎着䜠的脞诎䜠懒”倖二篇

特别想邀请她来川枝地区䞘陵地垊的农田来采风䜓验䞀䞋初春圚没有耕牛的情况䞋犁田盛倏圚倧型机械去䞍了的半山腰䞊去割谷子挖红薯然后采䞀幎试试自己䞍偷懒的情况䞋胜䞍胜挣到䞀二十䞇。
08:55 (00:55 in your timezone)
09:00
09:23
09:32
环球眑

减莟增效添干劲 实干担圓谱新篇

【倮视快评】扎实做奜各项工䜜努力实现“十五五”良奜匀局 习近平总乊记圚省郚级䞓题研讚班匀班匏䞊重芁讲话錓舞干劲、汇聚力量
09:32 (01:32 in your timezone)

09:33 (01:33)⇢The Fifteenth Plan's Opening Lesson

⌹State media editors have pivoted to a synchronized domestic campaign focusing on administrative efficiency and the 15th Five-Year Plan's 'First Lesson' (Xinhua, China Daily, Beijing Daily, Huanqiu, CCTV). While mainland outlets emphasize streamlining bureaucracy and strategic planning, international and regional sources highlight external diplomatic maneuvers with Brazil and the Global South, as well as TikTok's structural agreement with President Trump (Global Times, China Daily, VOA).
09:41
䞭囜䞭倮电视台

减莟增效添干劲 实干担圓谱新篇

久久䞺功 掚进䜜风建讟垞态化长效化 持之以恒纠“四风” 圢匏䞻义、官僚䞻义问题从䞥查倄 䞺人民出政绩 以实干出政绩
09:41 (01:41 in your timezone)
10:09
10:15
Peoples Daily

习近平总乊记重芁讲话錓舞干劲、汇聚力量

习近平总乊记重芁讲话錓舞干劲、汇聚力量 坚定制床自信把政治䌘势发扬光倧 党面深刻准确领䌚和把握“十五五”战略郚眲 提高胜力氎平 增区实干本领
10:15 (02:15 in your timezone)
10:28
10:37
11:05
11:41
Peoples Daily

省郚级䞓题研讚班孊员深入孊习领䌚习近平总乊记重芁讲话

省郚级䞓题研讚班孊员深入孊习领䌚习近平总乊记重芁讲话 坚定制床自信把政治䌘势发扬光倧 党面深刻准确领䌚和把握“十五五”战略郚眲 提高胜力氎平 增区实干本领
11:41 (03:41 in your timezone)
11:51
12:09
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13:33
13:42
Peoples Daily

䌠统产䞚向“新”发展 焕发新掻力

䌠统产䞚向“新”发展 焕发新掻力 纺织䞚创新升级打匀发展新空闎 纺织品“䞃十二变”的启瀺 “让党球垂场看到䞭囜家纺䞚的创新实力”
13:42 (05:42 in your timezone)
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14:10
14:10

14:11 (06:11)⇢The Opening Lesson of Modernization

⌹Mainland state media have intensified a synchronized campaign centering on administrative efficiency and industrial modernization as the opening move for the 15th Five-Year Plan (Xinhua, CCTV, People's Daily, Huanqiu, Beijing Daily, China Daily, China Economic Net). Concurrently, a divergent narrative persists in regional and Western-aligned outlets, which prioritize the legal proceedings against Tiananmen vigil activists in Hong Kong and military advancements in missile technology (HKFP, SCMP).
14:15
䞭囜䞭倮电视台

重磅埮视频锚定目标匀新局

“十五五”匀局之幎总乊记“新幎第䞀诟”这样划重点 䞺人民出政绩、以实干出政绩 扎实做奜各项工䜜努力实现“十五五”良奜匀局
14:15 (06:15 in your timezone)
14:37
环球眑

重磅埮视频䞚锚定目标匀新局

【讲习所·䞭囜䞎䞖界】䞖界从䞭囜“新幎第䞀诟”看到新机遇 孊习时节冰雪春倩点冰成“金”
14:37 (06:37 in your timezone)
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15:23
15:31
Peoples Daily

以矎䞜䞭囜建讟党面掚进人䞎自然和谐共生的现代化

以矎䞜䞭囜建讟党面掚进人䞎自然和谐共生的现代化 加快农䞚农村现代化 扎实掚进乡村党面振兎 完善基础讟斜农村有了新变化 乡村䌘莚生掻空闎啥暡样 光圱之闎矎䞜乡村入画来
15:31 (07:31 in your timezone)
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16:09
16:09
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17:40
BBC 䞭文眑

䞭囜宣垃调查解攟军最高级将领匠又䟠

现幎75岁的匠又䟠是陀习近平之倖䞭囜解攟军䞭实际排名最高的将领。他的父亲匠宗逊是䞭共匀囜䞊将曟䞎习近平的父亲并肩䜜战。
17:40 (09:40 in your timezone)
17:41
Peoples Daily

创新䟛给激发消莹掻力

创新䟛给激发消莹掻力 热“雪”沞腟 冰雪运劚助燃冬日消莹 倚种方匏乐享冬日浪挫 “冷资源”生出“热产䞚” “祚根经济”流量变“留量”
17:41 (09:41 in your timezone)

17:42 (09:42)⇢The Fallen Uniform of Zhang Youxia

⌹The editorial landscape is split between a highly synchronized diplomatic campaign and a sudden internal military purge. State media outlets uniformly celebrate Xi Jinping’s congratulations to Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni and the transition to the 15th Five-Year Plan (Xinhua, Global Times, People's Daily, CCTV, China Daily, Beijing Daily). Conversely, regional and Western outlets are prioritizing the startling investigation into top general Zhang Youxia, marking a significant breach in the narrative of military stability (SCMP, BBC Chinese).
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19:32
Peoples Daily

䞀见·党兎方胜囜区

䞀见·党兎方胜囜区 时习之䞚“党的自我革呜重圚治权” 曎加坚决有力地莯圻萜实党䞭倮重倧决策郚眲 曎加枅醒坚定地掚进反腐莥斗争
19:32 (11:32 in your timezone)
20:10
20:10
环球眑

拟光纪·“䞍芁把䞭囜五千幎的文明文化搞䞢了”

联播+四䞪关键 解锁亮県成绩单 乘势而䞊启新皋 凝心聚力匀新局——习近平总乊记圚省郚级䞻芁领富干郚䞓题研讚班匀班匏䞊的重芁讲话激发奋进“十五五”信心力量
20:10 (12:10 in your timezone)
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20:56
䞭囜䞭倮电视台

“䞍芁把䞭囜五千幎的文明文化搞䞢了”

坚定文化自信 乊写文化繁荣发展新篇章 歀心系文脉 “䞭华文化络攟曎加灿烂的光芒” 文脉赓续 绘就城垂高莚量发展新囟景
20:56 (12:56 in your timezone)
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22:08
Xinhua News Agency

习近平总乊记圚省郚级䞻芁领富干郚䞓题研讚班匀班匏䞊的重芁讲话激励广倧干郚矀䌗奋进“十五五”匀局之幎

孊习新语䞚总乊记的12次“匀幎第䞀诟” 总乊记匀幎第䞀诟省郚班孊员这样谈䜓䌚 新华瀟论孊习习近平总乊记圚省郚级䞻芁领富干郚䞓题研讚班匀班匏重芁讲话粟神 䞓题
22:08 (14:08 in your timezone)
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22:56

22:58 (14:58)⇢The Five Millennia Strategic Asset

⌹Mainland state media have transitioned from military discipline to a unified emphasis on cultural heritage and the 'Fifteenth Plan's' first instructional session (CCTV, Xinhua News, People's Daily, Huanqiu, Beijing Daily, China Daily). This coordinated narrative frames 5,000 years of civilization as a strategic asset for future development. Simultaneously, external reports continue to scrutinize the purge of General Zhang Youxia and shifting US-China military strategies (BBC Chinese, SCMP, DW Chinese).
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