Is China’s Military Ready for War?
In this episode of Pekingology, CSIS Senior Fellow Henrietta Levin is joined by M. Taylor Fravel, Arthur and Ruth Sloan Professor of Political Science and Director of the Security Studies Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. They discuss Dr. Fravel's recent Foreign Affairs article, "Is China’s Military Ready for War? What Xi’s Purges Do—and Don’t—Mean for Beijing’s Ambitions (https://www.foreignaffairs.com/china/...) ." The conversation unpacks corruption, modernization, and sudden disappearances at the highest levels of the People's Liberation Army.

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