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Xi Jinping appears to have a new military secretary, going by state footage of the Chinese president’s recent inspection visits to People’s Liberation Army units. Lieutenant General Fang Yongxiang, 58, was part of the group accompanying Xi during his visit to an unspecified brigade of the elite PLA Rocket Force last week. Footage released by […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping visited a coastal island just across the Taiwan Strait a day after the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) wrapped up massive military drills around Taiwan. Xi inspected Dongshan county in the southeastern province of Fujian on Tuesday afternoon, state broadcaster CCTV reported. The Taiwan-facing island county has served as a regular base […]