The Chinese leader, seen by many as a dictator, is ‘trying to gain control of the military,’ Gordon Chang told Business Insider, adding: ‘I think that he is thinking that he needs officers who are prepared to actually fight.’<\/p>\n
On December 29, 2023, he dismissed nine senior offices in one go, a move that analysts and US intelligence suggested was to root out corruption.<\/p>\n
Chang, however, told Business Insider that this theory misses the point ‘because if that were the case, all of them would be sacked.’ Instead, he believes that it was likely the officers who were struck off were reluctant to go to war.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12967941\/xi-jinping-purging-china-military-taiwan-invasion-ww3.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Xi Jingping is purging China’s military and bringing in generals willing to go to war in a move that could lead to an invasion of Taiwan and drag the Unites States into World War Three, military analysts have said. The … Continue reading