Xi Jinping Versus Zhang Youxia: No Real Winner in China’s Latest Power Struggle
Whoever controls the military holds real power.
A paramilitary police officer stands guard in Tiananmen Square after a plenary session of China's rubber-stamp legislature, the National People's Congress, in the adjacent Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 11, 2018. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images
China’s Ministry of National Defense announced on Jan. 24 that Politburo member and Central Military Commission (CMC) Vice Chairman Zhang Youxia, along with CMC member and Joint Staff Department chief Liu Zhenli, were under investigation for “serious violations of discipline and law.”
Wang Youqun
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Wang Youqun holds a doctorate in law from the Renmin University of China. He previously worked as a copywriter for Wei Jianxing (1931–2015), a member of the CCP Politburo Standing Committee, from 1997 to 2002.
