ANALYSIS
In a meeting chaired by Xi Jinping on June 27, the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) announced the schedule for a long-awaited leadership conference, as well as the expulsion of two former defense ministers from the Party for corruption. The two four-star generals of the People’s Liberation Army
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