CCP’s Admiral Miao Hua Won’t Be Able to Challenge Xi Amid Military Purge: Insider

Miao is said to lack control over the CCP’s core spy system, which is the key oppression mechanism of the Chinese communist regime.

Chinese Type 052D missile destroyer Hefei (R) and Chinese Type 054A frigate Yuncheng dock in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on July 27, 2017. Olga Maltseva/AFP via Getty Images

Chinese admiral Miao Hua has recently been reported as a potential challenger to Xi Jinping amid the leader’s continuing purge of top military officials. However, an insider revealed exclusively to The Epoch Times that Miao doesn’t possess the power needed to challenge Xi.

Freelance writer Du Zheng published an article in “Upmedia,” a Chinese publication, on Feb. 15, stating that Miao, who is also responsible for political work, has positioned his allies throughout the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) military branch, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA).