His new military commission looks to many like a Taiwan war council
Save time by listening to our audio articles as you multitaskGeneral Zhang Youxia cemented that status with his reappointment as vice-chairman of the Communist Party’s Central Military Commission after a that ended on October 22nd. Many had expected him to retire. At 72 he is the oldest person given the post for some three decades. But his reappointment reflects two clear priorities that Mr Xi has for his armed forces: combat readiness and unwavering loyalty.
commanders with actual combat experience. Although the Maoist mass-assault tactics used against Vietnam are hardly relevant to modern combat, his experience still gives him standing with fellow officers, as well as with Mr Xi. General Zhang also spent half of the past decade overseeing the critical field of weapons purchases and development. Most importantly, though, he is an old family friend of Mr Xi’s. Their fathers were both revolutionary commanders who fought together in China’s north-west.
His fellow vice-chairman, 65-year-old General He Weidong, is another surprise. He was appointed to that post and to the 24-member Politburo after the congress, despite not having previously been a member of the military commission or of the party’s Central Committee . He too hails from a revolutionary family and has a personal connection to Mr Xi, having served in the province of Fujian for much of the 17 years that Mr Xi was a senior official there.
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