A Smaller, Nimbler Chinese Military: Xi Jinping Takes Control
Hsin Kuei Yu
5 May 2017Long Read
Xu Caihou, a former vice chairman of the CMC, was sacked from the PLA after accusations of corruption. Xu was denounced as ‘pathetic and shameful’ by the military after he died of cancer while awaiting his trial. Courtesy of Wikimedia/Robert D Ward.
President Xi Jinping is attempting to modernise China’s military through wide-ranging reforms. But the reforms are also intended to once again bring the military under the absolute rule of the Communist Party.
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