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Xi Consolidates Control Over The Military -- Zachary Keck, The Diplomat
With the promotion of a number of PLA officer to general, Xi Jinping appears to be seeking to consolidate his control over the military.
On Wednesday, a day before the PLA's 86 birthday, Xi promoted six PLA officers to full general, state media reported. Two of these officers were Xu Fenlin, commander of the Guangzhou Military Region and Cai Yingting, the Nanjing Military Region commander. They are now the only two of China’s seven military region commanders to hold this rank, according to South China Morning Post.
Want China Times notes that many of the generals are extremely young, which is likely to make them more loyal to Xi personally.
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My Comment: Xi Jinping has military experience .... and he closely worked with the defense minister in the early 1980s. The military hierarchy is not going to oppose him .... in fact .... he is one of them.
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