Yue Shan: Ho Wai-Tung Has Died in the Explosion, Xi Is in a Bad Situation

Ho Wai-tung, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China, who has been missing since the end of the "Two Sessions" in March this year, is believed by the outside world to have fallen from power. The latest news is that he has committed suicide. Suicide incidents in the Chinese Communist Party officialdom are more sensitive as they go up the ranks. If Ho Wai-tung is indeed dead, what does it mean?