Trust Issues in China’s Military

The removal of ideological stewards raises some serious questions.

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Victoria Herczegh
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There’s been another shakeup in China’s People’s Liberation Army. Beijing recently revoked the membership of two high-ranking military officials, You Haitao and Li Pengcheng, for “violation of law and discipline,” while PLA Commissar Qin Shutong was abruptly replaced by air force officer Chen Hui. The reshuffling comes just a month after Central Military Commission member […]

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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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