How One Plane Exposed Xi Jinping’s Two Biggest Weaknesses

A small civilian aircraft flew through the heart of Beijing and exposed far more than an air-defense failure. The incident may have revealed two of Xi Jinping’s biggest political vulnerabilities: a stalled power struggle inside the PLA surrounding Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli, and a growing security crisis for Xi’s closest ally, Cai Qi. Could one plane have exposed cracks in both Xi’s military control and his inner circle?

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