As the Year of the Horse begins and the National People’s Congress prepares to open its annual parliamentary session, will Ma Xingrui become the latest victim of Xi Jinping’s purges? (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Tomoki Mera and Reuters)
China up close
A scandal more serious than Zhang Youxia’s case could boil over
KATSUJI NAKAZAWA
February 26, 2026 04:00 JST
