#IanWilliams Author And Journalist, Long-Time Foreign Correspondent In Russia, China And The Indo-Pacific Via #ShannonBrandao, #ChinaBoss: Why Has Xi Jinping Purged His Senior Commanders?

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The Chinese Communist party will no doubt throw a militarised tantrum should Saturday’s election in Taiwan be won by the DPP's Lai Ching-te, the more…

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"The Chinese Communist party will no doubt throw a militarised tantrum should Saturday’s election in Taiwan be won by the DPP's Lai Ching-te, the more independence-minded of the candidates. Yet as I argue in The Spectator, behind these histrionics lies an army in turmoil, with a purge of top generals raising serious doubts as to whether it is up to the task of fighting a war."

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