Elite reshuffles, economic recalibration, and intensified crackdowns

Ahead of the early-March ‘Two Sessions’, Beijing is signaling tighter political and economic control: the Politburo is calling for more proactive, coordinated policies while shifting cadre evaluations away from pure GDP growth. At the same time, China’s legislature has abruptly dismissed 19 deputies, including nine senior military officers, as part of Xi Jinping’s widening anti-corruption purge, unsettling markets and prompting investors to wait for clearer policy signals. Parallel law-and-order campaigns, such as harsher sentences for telecom fraud linked to northern Myanmar, underscore a broader push to reinforce regime discipline, social stability, and central authority across the system.