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Xi Jinping Appoints New General For PLA’s Western Theatre Command Amid Ladakh Standoff

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Amidst the military standoff in eastern Ladakh, China has appointed a new General as the Commander of the People’s Liberation Army’s Western Theatre Command which oversees the China-India border. 

Chinese President Xi Jinping, who heads the Central Military Commission (CMC), the overall high-command of the two million-strong People’s Liberation Army (PLA), appointed Gen. Zhang Xudong as the Commander of the Western Theatre Command, according to the official media in Beijing

According to Xinhua news agency, Xi has promoted four senior Chinese military and armed police officers. Among them was Gen. Zhang, Commander of the Western Theatre Command of the PLA. The other officers who were promoted include Guo Puxiao, Political Commissar of the Logistic Support Department of the CMC; Li Wei, Political Commissar of the PLA Strategic Support Force and Wang Chunning, Commander.

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