CHINA-PLA: CHINA APPOINTS ZHANG XUDONG AS NEW COMMANDER OF THE PLA WESTERN THEATRE COMMAND

At a promotion ceremony at the PLA Hqrs in Beijing on December 18, Lt General Zhang Xudong was promoted to full General and appointed Commander of the Western Theatre Command replacing General Zhao Zongqi, who has retired on reaching 65 years of age. General Zhang Xudong has served many years in the erstwhile Shenyang Military Region and comes to this new appointment after having served as Deputy Commander of the Central Theatre Command. He is a member of the CCP and has been a member of the Party Standing Committee while in the 39th and 40th Group Armies. General Zhang Xudong has no experience of Tibet or Xinjiang.





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