Beijing Implements New Policies to Prepare for War, Secure Power

Police officers and security block the way as they perform crowd control after an official flag raising ceremony to mark National Day next to Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City, in Beijing, on Oct. 1, 2021. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images

News Analysis

China’s communist regime is implementing new policies to prepare for war and secure its power in the mainland amid tensions with the United States. It seeks to increase loyalty among its military members and state-owned firms, and hire more civil servants.

Revised Military Law

On Dec. 30, 2022, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping signed the No. 127 Order of the CCP Chairman, announcing that the regime’s revised Reservists Law will go into effect on March 1.