Chinese President Xi Jinping is steadily reforming the People’s Liberation Army. Photo: Xinhua Chinese President Xi Jinping is steadily reforming the People’s Liberation Army. Photo: Xinhua
Chinese President Xi Jinping is steadily reforming the People’s Liberation Army. Photo: Xinhua
China /  Military

Chinese President Xi Jinping promotes 170 PLA officers in move to streamline ranking system

  • Move designed to align senior officers’ ranks with their place in the broader hierarchy
  • Current system creates loopholes, opportunities for corruption, observers say

Topic |   China’s military
Minnie Chan
Minnie Chan

Updated: 11:14pm, 15 Dec, 2019

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Chinese President Xi Jinping is steadily reforming the People’s Liberation Army. Photo: Xinhua Chinese President Xi Jinping is steadily reforming the People’s Liberation Army. Photo: Xinhua
Chinese President Xi Jinping is steadily reforming the People’s Liberation Army. Photo: Xinhua
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