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Posts published in “Day: August 17, 2017

War hero tipped as Xi Jinping’s choice for key role in world’s biggest army

by Minnie Chan in South China Morning Post, Aug 17, 2017 A veteran of the Sino-Vietnamese war is expected to take a key vice-chairman role on China’s powerful Central Military Commission (CMC), military sources said. General Li Zuocheng, the 64-year-old commanding officer of the ground force of the People’s Liberation Army, will fill the vacancy left by CMC vice-chairman Xu Qiliang, several sources told the South China Morning Post. Xu is likely to take over…