Over the past decade, Xi has overseen an ambitious transformation of the PLA into a “world class” fighting force that can rival the US military.
Miao Hua, a longtime protege of Chinese leader Xi Jinping and a member of the Central Military Commission, has been suspended and placed under investigation.
Miao’s military career took off soon after Xi came to power.
As the chief political commissar of the PLA, Miao is tasked with ensuring its loyalty to the ruling Communist Party.
“We must ensure the troops remain absolutely loyal, absolutely pure and absolutely reliable,” Xi told an audience of note-taking officers.
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