EDITORIAL: Xi’s worrisome new powers
Two recent developments relating to the reform of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) could have far-reaching implications, not just for Taiwan, but the entire world.
First, on Friday last week, revisions to China’s National Defense Law came into effect that increase the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) hold over the military.
The amendments, ratified by the National People’s Congress on Dec. 26 last year, effectively neuter the role of China’s State Council the country’s chief administrative authority in formulating military policy, and places decisionmaking powers under the sole purview of the Central Military Commission (CMC), which is chaired by “paramount leader” Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平).
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