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Xi Calls for Anti-Corruption Drive, High-Tech Modernisation in PLA

7/31/2026

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Xi Jinping urged leaders at a Politburo session to intensify anti-corruption in the military, accelerate modernisation, insist the gun obey the Party, develop an intelligent system with unmanned tech and cyber-information, and make combat effectiveness the key metric.
A February Independent Institute of Strategic Studies report warned that corruption purges hurt PLA readiness.
Analyst James Char said appointing Central Military Commission leaders and boosting high-tech resources are priorities.

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Xi Jinping urged leaders at a Politburo session to intensify anti-corruption in the military, accelerate modernisation, insist the gun obey the Party, develop an intelligent system with unmanned tech and cyber-information, and make combat effectiveness the key metric.
A February Independent Institute of Strategic Studies report warned that corruption purges hurt PLA readiness.
Analyst James Char said appointing Central Military Commission leaders and boosting high-tech resources are priorities.