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  1. 💪 Xi Jinping's military reform aimed to consolidate power and prepare the PLA for war. 00:02 Xi Jinping set a goal to eliminate Taiwan and make it part of China, but realized he lacked control over the PLA. Xi Jinping launched an anti-corruption campaign and initiated the biggest military reform in PLA's history. Xi Jinping promoted military leaders to gain loyalty and conferred numerous general ranks. 🔀 Xi Jinping reformed the military structure, abolishing the seven military regions and creating five theater commands. 05:39 The seven military regions were powerful independent kingdoms, but Xi Jinping broke them up and created five theater commands. Xi Jinping also reorganized the Strategic support functions and created a new military branch, the Strategic Support Force. The reform followed the principle of the military commission being in charge overall, with theater commands responsible for war and military branches for training and development.
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