- #CenterForChinaAnalysis' @neilthomas123.bsky.social joined the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) to explain how the historic purge of the PLA's top general, Zhang Youxia, fits into Xi Jinping's greater fight against corruption in his ranks 🇨🇳
- Check out some more analysis from Thomas on Zhang Youxia's ouster ⬇️ "Xi's purge of the top brass makes China's threat toward Taiwan weaker in the short term but stronger in the long term" — @neilthomas123.bsky.social in @asia.nikkei.com
- When unpacking the scale of Xi's anti-corruption campaign, @nytimes.com cited @neilthomas123.bsky.social's analysis of October’s Communist Party Central Committee meeting: of the 44 officers appointed in 2022, nearly 2/3 have been purged or are missing
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- “This is easily the most significant PLA purge in the post-Mao era...It’s hard to overstate how rare this is … it would be like arresting the chair of the US joint chiefs of staff for corruption” — @neilthomas123.bsky.social in @theguardian.com
