DECRYPTION – A member of the CCP Military Commission was fired, signaling resistance to the president's push for military modernization.
The relentless purge, launched by Xi Jinping at the top of China's military apparatus, is bringing down ever more laced “tigers”. Miao Hua, one of the highest-ranking members of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), has been placed under investigation, accused of ” serious disciplinary violations », announced on November 29, the Ministry of Defense in Beijing. A euphemism of the communist regime to blacklist a manager for “corruption”.
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This cacique was a member of the all-powerful Central Military Commission (CMC), chaired by Xi himself. Miao was immediately suspended from this key six-member body, a veritable control tower of the Chinese armed forces, much more influential than the Ministry of Defense, in this political system dominated by the Party. “ His fall is more serious than that of a minister » points out a former soldier, a fine connoisseur of the PLA. The sidelining of this admiral in charge of the political department…
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