Inside China’s ideological training camp where PLA top brass study Xi’s speeches

Xi personally decided to launch the exercise, which began on April 8, the PLA Daily reported. During its opening ceremony, he delivered a speech stressing that “leading officers, especially senior cadres, must take the lead in … building an atmosphere where people speak the truth, offer advice candidly and fight against wrongdoings”. State broadcaster CCTV showed footage of the ceremony, which involved hundreds of officers across various People’s Liberation Army (PLA) units and departments, including generals, lieutenant generals and major generals. The participants’ days began with morning exercises to practise basic military marching formations, chant their oaths to the Communist…