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Xi Jinping’s ‘Sacred Games’: Why China’s leader keeps purging PLA generals

“Sab marr jaayenge, sirf Trivedi bachega.”That line from the OTT series ‘Sacred Games’ has lingered in India’s pop culture as shorthand for ruthless consolidation. But in China, it captures the logic now governing PLA’s top military ranks.Driving the news Over the weekend, President Xi Jinping ordered investigations into Gen Zhang Youxia and Gen. Liu Zhenli,…

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Bosses and generals are disappearing in Xi Jinping’s China – at an alarming rate

AI image for representation only. In Xi Jinping‘s China, the powerful are vanishing at an alarming rate.Top generals have gone missing from state ceremonies. CEOs of major firms are suddenly unreachable. Weeks later, terse announcements reveal what many had feared: they’ve been detained, purged, or worse. The pace is accelerating-and the disappearances span both the…

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Purge unlike any other: Nine top Chinese generals expelled — Why Xi Jinping is cleaning house again

China’s President Xi Jinping has launched yet another sweeping purge of the military, expelling nine top generals including the country’s second-highest-ranking officer in what can be called as one of the largest public crackdowns on the armed forces in decades.The nine senior officials were accused of “seriously violating party discipline” and showing a “total collapse…

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‘Fat generals, admirals unacceptable’: Pete Hegseth convenes meet with US military officials; directives given on fitness, ‘woke culture’

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks to senior military leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico (AP photo) US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gathered numerous military officials on Tuesday at the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia, for an in-person meeting to establish new directives, including implementing gender-neutral physical fitness standards and eliminating what he termed…

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