View: Xi Is Purging. Is This Stalinism?

View: Xi is purging. Is this Stalinism?

Andy’s viewAt the height of his paranoid “Great Terror,” Joseph Stalin wiped out his own Red Army leadership, arresting two thirds of his generals and executing three of his five marshals. One begged for his life in a letter upon which Stalin simply scrawled, “Scoundrel and prostitute.”Like Stalin, China’s leader Xi Jinping is ruthless. More than seven million individuals have been punished in an anti-corruption campaign since he took office in …

China’s Military Newspaper Urges Loyalty After Purge, Fueling Questions of PLA Stability

China’s official military newspaper has renewed its public attack on two recently purged top generals, urging troops to support their investigation and pledge loyalty to Chinese leader Xi Jinping—a move that analysts say is unusual and underscores growing unease within the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). In a front-page editorial published on Jan. 31, the PLA Daily described the investigation of former Central Military Commission (CMC) Vice Chai…

Xi the Destroyer: Military Purge Signals New Era

The latest military purge signals China's leader is entering a new era.

Trump Dismisses Concerns About China’s ‘Stability’ After Purge Of Top Military Official

President Donald Trump dismissed concerns about instability in China after purges of its military reached inside President Xi Jinping’s inner circle. “As far as I’m concerned, there’s one boss in China. That’s President Xi. That’s the president I’m dealing with,” the president told reporters on board Air Force One on Saturday. In response to a reporter, Trump said he is not concerned about Beijing’s “stability” after the government announced a c…

CCP’s First Official Response to Purges Reveals Lack of Confidence in Military Capabilities: Analysts - The Thinking Conservative News

Xi’s purge has created a vacuum in the PLA’s top leadership and significantly weakened its capabilities and his own control of the military, analysts said. The post CCP’s First Official Response to Purges Reveals Lack of Confidence in Military Capabilities: Analysts appeared first on The Thinking Conservative News.