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Pending investigation, Xi Jinping’s protégé Admiral Miao Hua (苗华) has been suspended from his duties as a member of China’s Central Military Commission (CMC) and Director of the CMC Political Work Department. This decision was made by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s Central Committee, Defense Spokesperson Senior Colonel Wu Qian announced at the scheduled monthly PLA press briefing on 28 November 2024, because Miao is “suspected of serious violation of discipline.”2 By the time such CCP investigations become public, conviction is a foregone conclusion. Miao’s fall thus raises three principal questions: Why is he being removed, will his cronies suffer similarly, and what does it mean for China’s navy and military?

Publication Date

11-2024

Publisher

China Maritime Studies Institute, U.S Naval War College

City

Newport, Rhode Island

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China, China Maritime Studies Institute, CMSI, People’s Liberation Army, People’s Liberation Army Navy, PLAN, Admiral Miao Hua, Miao Hua, Central Military Commission, CMC, Chinese Communist Party, CCP

CMSI Note #11: Admiral Miao Hua's Fall: Further Navy Fallout?

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