Generals taken down at the Fourth Plenum will affect the regime’s military effectiveness, but a long-term goal to annex Taiwan remains unchanged, said analysts.
Chinese military’s top auditor and former chairman of the nation’s largest missile maker were among those ousted from Beijing’s rubber-stamp legislature.
The dismissal of top generals and a constrained promotion reveal cracks in Xi Jinping’s control over the armed forces and the Party itself, analysts say.
Generals taken down at the Fourth Plenum will affect the regime’s military effectiveness, but a long-term goal to annex Taiwan remains unchanged, said analysts.
Chinese military’s top auditor and former chairman of the nation’s largest missile maker were among those ousted from Beijing’s rubber-stamp legislature.
The dismissal of top generals and a constrained promotion reveal cracks in Xi Jinping’s control over the armed forces and the Party itself, analysts say.