Xi Personally Led PLA Exercise, Stressed Truth-Telling and Discipline
Quick Look
- Chinese leader Xi personally decided to launch a People's Liberation Army (PLA) exercise on April 8, delivering a speech emphasizing truth-telling and fighting wrongdoings among officers.
- State media showed hundreds of officers, including generals, participating in military drills and oaths to the Communist Party.
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Why It Matters
Chinese leader Xi personally decided to launch a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) exercise on April 8, where he delivered a speech stressing that officers must take the lead in speaking the truth and fighting wrongdoings.
Xi personally decided to launch the exercise, which began on April 8, the PLA Daily reported. During its opening ceremony, he delivered a speech stressing that “leading officers, especially senior cadres, must take the lead in … building an atmosphere where people speak the truth, offer advice candidly and fight against wrongdoings”.
State broadcaster CCTV showed footage of the ceremony, which involved hundreds of officers across various People’s Liberation Army (PLA) units and departments, including generals, lieutenant generals and major generals.
The participants’ days began with morning exercises to practise basic military marching formations, chant their oaths to the Communist Party and sing about PLA discipline, the PLA Daily article said.
Open Questions
- What specific wrongdoings are being targeted?
- What are the long-term goals of this exercise?
- How will the emphasis on truth-telling be enforced?
