While the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) military is conducting live-fire training drills, repeated remarks in military media reveal supreme commander Xi Jinping’s concern about the potential for mutiny and assassination by the armed forces once it is equipped with ammunition, political and military observers suggested.
On Sept. 4, the People’s Liberation Army Daily (PLA Daily) published an article that said all military units are required to tighten the “safety valves” to secure the “safety foundation.” It quoted Mr. Xi as emphasizing that the “security and stability of the armed forces” is “a political task” and needs to “address conflicts at its roots” and “eliminate the pitfalls to the end.”
