File photo of Chinese President Xi Jinping. (Reuters)
The Chinese military’s failures on the border with India will have consequences, the report said, adding that recent events give Xi an excuse to accelerate the pace of replacement of adversaries in the military with loyal elements.
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Describing Xi Jinping as the “architect” of the recent aggressive moves against India, a major US magazine has reported that the Chinese president has risked his future with high-profile forays into Indian territory that unexpectedly failed “in the face of fierce counter-attack by the United States Indian Army.
Xi, 67, who is already stirring up the Communist Party with a campaign of “rectification” and massive persecution of enemies, will launch “another brutal purge” after the failures of the Chinese army on the Indian border, Newsweek said in an article by opinion.
Unfortunately for Xi, he is the “architect” of these aggressive movements in India and his People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has unexpectedly failed. The Chinese military’s failures on the Indian border will have consequences, he said, adding that recent developments give Xi an excuse to accelerate the pace of replacement of adversaries in the armed forces with loyal elements.
“More importantly, the failures motivate China’s aggressive ruler, who as chairman of the Party’s Central Military Commission, is the leader of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and the ruling Communist Party of China, to launch another offensive against the Indian positions, “the magazine said. , in an opinion piece, he warned.
(With PTI inputs)
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