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🇨🇳 Severe internal cracks are forming inside the CCP as Xi Jinping faces unprecedented domestic pushback from his own elite inner circle. The sudden, unjustified arrest of the military’s second-highest-ranking leader has sent shockwaves through the Red princeling class, who now openly wonder if they are next on the chopping block. Lei’s Real Talk founder reveals that this mounting domestic vulnerability is exactly why Xi is desperately seeking validation and support from external actors to secure his waning grip on power. @LeisRealTalk


How China Built the World’s Biggest Train Station on Top of a Mountain Welcome to Chongqing East Station: China's $7.8 billion high-speed rail megaproject. 1.22 million square metres. 40,000 peak workers. A 16,500-tonne steel tube truss roof assembled on the ground and hydraulically slid 57 metres upward onto 41-metre tree-shaped "Huangjue" columns. • How 40,000 workers built a 1.22M m² station in just 38 months on a mountain • The sliding assembly method — why the 16,500-tonne roof was built on the ground first • The Huangjue tree columns — 41-metre branching steel structures designed for earthquake resistance • Stainless steel cladding installation at 57 metres above a mountain slope • Why Chongqing East Station is now the largest railway hub in the world • The high-speed rail network connecting Southwest China to 14 major cities











