Xi consolidates power with promotion of 10 proteges to full generals

Special to WorldTribune.com

By Willy Lam, EastAsiaIntel.com

Just before China’s Army Day on Aug. 1, President and Central Military Commission (CMC) Chairman Xi Jinping elevated ten senior People’s Liberation Army (PLA) officers to full generals.

Chinese President Xi Jinping with the ten newly promoted generals. / Xinhua
Chinese President Xi Jinping with the ten newly promoted generals. / Xinhua

This was Xi’s most significant military move since the formal arrest of Gen. Guo Boxiong, the former Politburo member and CMC Vice-Chairman in July on charges of massive corruption and dereliction of duty.

The PLA being Xi’s major support base, the supreme leader has since late 2014 promoted a large number of generals from the so-called Nanjing Military Region Faction.

The strategic military region (MR) covers the provinces of Fujian and Zhejiang as well as Shanghai, where Xi served in senior positions in a remarkable career that stretched from 1985 to 2007.

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