With the appointment of Xi Jinping as Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Military Commission (CMC), the People’s Liberation Army is gaining further clout in China. That’s the conclusion of this report by Willy Lam of the Jamestown Foundation. This appointment means that “the PLA is playing a more active role in national policy.”
The report goes on to say, “Not much is known about Xi’s military thinking, except that he is an ardent advocate of Chairman Mao’s theory of ‘the synthesis between peacetime and war.’ This means that civilian sectors should also play a major role in military construction. For example, infrastructure projects such as airports and railways should be designed to also serve war-time needs.”
Be sure to read the whole report. It’s quite chilling.
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