People's Liberation Army
also referred to as: pla
3 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Feb 10, 2026 by Bill Bishop · said 17 times in 7 episodes since 2025 · across every show →
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Feb 10, 2026 neutral
Feb 10, 2026 negative
Bishop: Purging dozens of generals impacts PLA combat readiness in the short term
“There's clearly the number of generals and senior officers who've been taken out over the last two plus years is quite shocking. It's in the dozens, and so it, it's hard to imagine in the short term it doesn't have some impact on the military's ability to figh…”
Feb 10, 2026 negative
Bishop: Military purges reduce China's Central Military Commission to two members
“The PLA has a top structure, it's called the Central Military, Military Commission, and it's got a chairman who's Xi Jinping, and then two vice chairmen and four members. So seven members. They're now two members, Xi and a vice chairman, because he's purged th…”