Following the latest round of purges, President Xi Jinping has promoted a loyalist to become China’s second highest-ranking general. In addition, he has appointed 10 other loyalists to top positions within the Communist Party — making it the largest shake-up in nearly eight years.
Xi has promoted Zhang Shengmin to the position of Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), China’s top military body, after sacking He Weidong from the role last week, state-run Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday.
For the first time since Mao’s era, the seven-member CMC has been reduced to just four members — Chairman Xi, First Vice Chairman Zhang Youxia, newly promoted Second Vice Chairman Zhang Shengmin, and an unnamed fourth member.
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