The Guardian view on China's military purge: the risks grow in an age of strongmen | Editorial
Xi Jinping has consolidated power by purging top military leaders and overhauling the PLA while Western leaders hedge relations amid US unpredictability.
Inside Xi Jinping's Military Purge: Loyalty, Power, and Taiwan
China's Communist Party carried out a broad purge of senior military leaders, removing multiple high-ranking officers to consolidate control under Xi Jinping.
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