CHINA-INTERNAL: PLA
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The PLA Daily reported on November 5, 2014 that Central Military Commission (CMC) Vice Chairmen, General Fan Changlong and General Xu Qiliang, led 420 senior military officials, including leaders of the CMC, the PLA's four headquarters and seven key military commands, in pledging allegiance to President Xi Jinping , reaffirming the rule that the "party controls the gun" following a 2-day political conference in Gutian, Shanghang County, Fujian province last week. The PLA Daily clarified that: "We are fighting many great battles with historically new features, with ideological struggles being the sharpest as 'colour revolutions' are simmering." The reference was to the recent turmoil in eastern Europe and the Middle East. It urged the army to "grasp the initiative in the ideological struggle and rebuild its military spirit", which it said was necessary to guard against "incorrect political ideas", such as making the army an instrument of the nation, instead of one devoted to the party.
(Comment: Xi Jinping spent 17 years in official positions in Fujian.)
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