How Xi Jinping sends signals to the United States through the Chinese army
What does the mobilization of the Chinese army decided by Xi Jinping mean? The article by Giuseppe Gagliano
THE FACTS
Chinese President Xi Jinping, after strengthening the Central Military Commission (CMC) – of which he is not coincidentally president – has arranged for January 4 an exercise to mobilize the entire Army (EPL).
THE OFFICIAL REASONS
The official reasons that the Chinese president has provided to legitimize this unusual army exercise are on the one hand the need to allow the EPL combat readiness – this readiness which must be permanent and is an important emphasis – and on the other the necessity to enhance training from a technological and scientific point of view.
THE GEOPOLITICAL EVALUATION
The reasons given by the Chinese president are naturally very vague but the real reasons are easily identifiable. The Dragon, in order to carry out its power projection, must demonstrate its efficiency both in relation to the low intensity conflict with India (referring to the Effective Line of Control (LAC) about 3,800 km long and the conflicts that have started on May 5, 2020, a conflict that has so far resulted in the death of 20 Indian soldiers both in relation to the projection of maritime power (we refer to both the Taiwan Strait and the China Sea ).
It goes without saying that an announcement of this nature constitutes a precise warning to the United States, a warning in other words aimed at making it clear – if any were still needed – that China intends to continue to oppose American global hegemony.
From the point of view of Chinese domestic politics, there is no doubt that both this mobilization and the New National Defense Law – thanks to which the powers of the CMC have been extended, among other things – allow for the strengthening of the power of the Chinese Communist Party. through progressive centralization and verticalization.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/come-xi-jinping-lancia-segnali-agli-stati-uniti-attraverso-lesercito-cinese/ on Wed, 06 Jan 2021 17:20:59 +0000.