PLA
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About 52% of PLA leadership positions have been impacted, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
From BBC
Xi wants to avoid that so he can have "lasting influence with the PLA," Hart writes.
From BBC
"But as an analyst, it sure looks like the PLA is, as directed, developing the capabilities required to credibly threaten an invasion in 2027."
From Barron's
"I didn't expect to be worried about the cessation of PLA operations around Taiwan, but the lack of a rational explanation is disconcerting," Drew Thompson, a senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University, wrote on Substack.
From Barron's
The “PLA centenary goals” pegged to 2027 include overhauls to the military’s organizational structures, hardware upgrades and realistic training aimed at making China’s armed forces more agile and technologically adept.
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