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URL copied Image Source : PTI Xi Jinping replaces PLA commander General Zhao Zongqi under whom Ladakh standoff started (image used for representational purpose only) Chinese President Xi Jinping has moved out General Zhao Zongqi, the People’s Liberation Army’s powerful Western Theatre Commander, amidst the military standoff in eastern Ladakh and replaced him with General Zhang Xudong, who has never served along the Indian border.  Not much is known about Gen. Zhang, especially his association with Western Theatre Command, as he reportedly served mostly in other theatre commands of the PLA. He succeeds 65-year-old Gen. Zhao Zongqi who headed the Western Theatre Command during the 2017 Doklam standoff where the Indian Army stood up against the PLA’s plan of laying a road close to the Indian border in an area claimed by Bhutan, hence the change of guard in the leadership has sparked hope in N

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