Jennifer Welch

@jenniewelch.bsky.social

Chief Geoeconomics Analyst at Bloomberg Economics. Former NSC Director for China & Taiwan & Special Advisor to the VP on Asia & Pacific. Views are my own.

Defense ministers are relatively unimportant members of the high command but the investigation of Miao Hua is a huge deal for Xi and the PLA. Miao is in fact the *third* consecutive top political officer in the PLA to be purged, after Zhang Yang (who committed suicide rather than face trial) and

Dake Kang@dakekang.bsky.social · 2y ago

Breaking: China Defense Ministry announces suspension and investigation of high-ranking military official Miao Hua, says FT report on Defense Minister Dong Jun being suspended is “sheer fabrication” and that Dong is still Minister apnews.com/article/chin...