In Latest Battle With Opposing Faction, Chinese Leader Xi Jinping Takes Command of Armed Police

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In Latest Battle With Opposing Faction, Chinese Leader Xi Jinping Takes Command of Armed Police
By Annie Wu, Epoch Times

Following recent new appointments and anticipated shakeups in China’s security apparatus, the commanding officer of the People’s Armed Police, Wang Ning, announced on Oct. 31 that the paramilitary force will now be directed mainly by the central authorities.

At a meeting held with the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) rubber-stamp legislature, the National People’s Congress, Wang Ning announced a draft proposal for reforms to the armed police force, including assuring that the command responsibility goes to the chairman of the Central Military Commission, who is regime leader Xi Jinping.

Previously, the 1.5 million-strong force in charge of civilian policing, fire rescue, and border defense was mainly in the hands of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission (known as “zhengfawei” in Chinese) and its local offices in each province—though on paper, it is under the jurisdiction of the State Council and the Central Military Commission.

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