The Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s top decision-making body, the Politburo Standing Committee, held a meeting on Nov. 30 and discussed new military regulations in order to “prepare for war.” But one analyst believes that it is merely a bluff and part of a propaganda strategy to intimidate Taiwan and the United States.
According to Beijing’s official mouthpiece Xinhua News Agency, Chinese leader Xi Jinping presided over the Politburo meeting and discussed military regulations, with an emphasis on “preparing for war by integrating political work into all links [chain of command] of combat effectiveness.” Xi is head of the CCP’s armed forces, known as the People’s Liberation Army (PLA).
