From AFP:
After five years in power, President Hu Jintao has finally gained unquestioned control of China’s massive military while transforming it into wealthy, high-tech fighting force, analysts said.
Although Hu was named Communist Party chief in 2002 and president in 2003, he did not inherit the mantle of commander-in-chief until a year later and questions had lingered over who commanded the allegiance of the country’s rapidly modernising, 2.3-million-strong People’s Liberation Army.
But key military appointments by Hu in the run-up to the five-yearly Communist Party Congress that is due to end Sunday in Beijing should help dispel any questions, experts said. [Full Text]
