Miao’s ouster makes him the third PLA general in charge of political and organizational work Xi has purged, and the second of the six members of the 20th Central Military Commission. An official announcement in late December also confirmed the removal of two former PLA generals from the National People’s Congress (NPC), You Haitao, former deputy commander of PLA Ground Force, and Li Pengcheng, former commissar of the PLA’s Southern Theater Command Navy.
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Xi Jinping’s Purges Have Escalated. Here’s Why They Are Unlikely to Stop
The final months of 2024 witnessed a new wave of purges in Xi Jinping’s China. On November 28, the Defense Ministry announced the suspension from his duties of Admiral Miao Hua, the number four military leader below Xi, who oversaw the political and organizational work of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA).
