In Xi Jinping’s Purge of the Military, a Search for Absolute Loyalty
By reaching back to Maoist tactics of “rectification,” the Chinese leader is signaling that control over the gun requires a state of perpetual cleansing. [Source]
Publication Date:Origin: nytimes.com
Category: Defense and Military Forces
Topics: cleansing, perpetual, state, requires, control, signaling, leader, Chinese, “rectification, tactics, Maoist, reaching, Loyalty, Absolute, Search, Military, Purge, Jinping’s
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/world/asia/xi-military-zhang-youxia-mao.html