Inconvenient Truths — Jennifer Zeng Reports@jenniferzeng97
“Xi’s ‘Big Sister’ Connection Fails: Politburo Member Ma Xingrui Falls Despite Close Ties to Peng Liyuan”
Xi Can’t Protect Even His Wife’s “Little Brother”?
Breaking: CCP Politburo member and former Xinjiang Party Secretary Ma Xingrui is under investigation by the CCDI for serious violations of discipline and law.
Independent commentator Cai Shenkun previously revealed that Ma and Peng Liyuan (Xi Jinping’s wife) share deep family ties: their families are generational “shijiao” (old family friends) from Shandong’s Yuncheng. Peng reportedly lived in the Ma family home for a long time as a child.
Ma, also from the aerospace and Shandong factions, was long seen as having a special “big sister” bond with Peng, which many believed gave him strong protection and helped his rapid rise.
Yet now, even this close personal connection appears unable to save him.
As Ma’s former subordinates (including in Guangdong and Xinjiang) continue to be purged one after another, analysts say this signals Xi Jinping can no longer shield his own inner circle — or even those tied to his wife.
Another high-level casualty in Xi’s endless anti-corruption campaign?