Fear of Coup Drives Quiet Party Personnel Changes

Control of the Beijing Military Region is vital for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership to prevent other officials in the apparatus from seizing power.
Fear of Coup Drives Quiet Party Personnel Changes
Chinese Paramilitary soldiers train outside their barracks in Beijing on March 19, 2012. Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images
Matthew Robertson
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Chinese Paramilitary soldiers

Matthew Robertson
Matthew Robertson
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Matthew Robertson is the former China news editor for The Epoch Times. He was previously a reporter for the newspaper in Washington, D.C. In 2013 he was awarded the Society of Professional Journalists’ Sigma Delta Chi award for coverage of the Chinese regime's forced organ harvesting of prisoners of conscience.
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