Beefeater Fella@Keir_Starmer ‘s new BFF - the Chinese President Xi Jinping has centralized full control over the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA), which expands his potential for a possible invasion of Taiwan, writes The Wall Street Journal.
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According to the publication, over the past three years, the Chinese leader has dismissed five out of six high-ranking generals. A key was the arrest of General Zhang Yuxia, the deputy chairman of the Central Military Commission and a close ally of Xi Jinping, he had known since childhood.
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His dismissal, announced on January 24, effectively deprived the military leadership of China of figures capable of restraining the decisions of the Chinese leader, the article says.
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