The Problem With Purges

China’s ideological control of the military will have unintended consequences.

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Victoria Herczegh
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China’s Central Military Commission recently issued new measures on “strengthening the education, management and supervision of senior military cadres,” according to a report published by the state news agency Xinhua and then promoted by the PLA Daily. The regulations, described by the outlets as “ironclad rules,” mean to establish stricter oversight of senior officers throughout […]

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Victoria Herczegh
Victoria Herczegh
Viktória Herczegh is an analyst at Geopolitical Futures. She is also a PhD candidate at the Political Science and International Relations Doctoral School of Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary. Her PhD research topic is "Double Standards projected by Great Powers". Ms. Herczegh holds a bachelor's degree of Chinese Language and Culture and a master's degree of East Asian Studies. She also spent one semester at Shanghai International Studies University studying Mandarin Chinese. Ms. Herczegh is a native Hungarian fluent in English, Spanish, French and Mandarin.

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