Speaking via video link from military headquarters in a building in the heart of Beijing this week, Xi sent his greetings to troops around the country for the new year that begins next week, calling the past year "very unusual, very extraordinary" and saying it was a year marked by "political rectification," a Communist Party term for enforcing ideological discipline and for purges.
lørdag 14. februar 2026
China’s Xi Celebrates Recent Military Purges
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has appeared to celebrate a series of political purges that he ordered that have roiled the People's Liberation Army, as China's military media heaped him with high accolades in messages marking the imminent start of China's new year.
Speaking via video link from military headquarters in a building in the heart of Beijing this week, Xi sent his greetings to troops around the country for the new year that begins next week, calling the past year "very unusual, very extraordinary" and saying it was a year marked by "political rectification," a Communist Party term for enforcing ideological discipline and for purges.
Speaking via video link from military headquarters in a building in the heart of Beijing this week, Xi sent his greetings to troops around the country for the new year that begins next week, calling the past year "very unusual, very extraordinary" and saying it was a year marked by "political rectification," a Communist Party term for enforcing ideological discipline and for purges.
