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Hu Jintao’s PLA Personality Cult

Hu Jintao’s PLA Personality Cult

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Jun 18, 2007
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President Hu Jintao is building a personality cult around himself in the ranks of the People’s Liberation Army so as to consolidate his status as the “core” of the Fourth-Generation leadership. Support by the generals is key to Hu’s power game, given that the 64-year-old Communist Party General Secretary has met fierce resistance in…

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