General Liu and The Hidden Trial Audio the PLA leaked

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A secret PLA recording has surfaced, igniting fresh debate over the Chinese military’s future direction. Is the PLA merely a political tool of the Party—or should it be a true national defense force? This question lies at the heart of longtime arguments made by retired General and princeling heavyweight Liu Yuan. As the PLA undergoes its most brutal internal purge in decades and enters a period of deep instability, the leak of a trial involving a commander who refused to deploy troops against students during the 1989 pro-democracy movement has raised an even bigger question: Is Xi Jinping’s authority inside the military beginning to weaken?

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