Xi Tightens PLA Control as Beijing Reopens KMT Channel and Taiwan’s Asymmetric Budget Stalls
The source reports PRC investigations into two senior PLA leaders framed as removing political obstacles to the PLA’s 2027 modernization milestone, reinforcing Xi Jinping’s command authority. In parallel, Beijing resumed high-level exchanges with Taiwan’s KMT while Taiwan’s legislature advanced a reduced asymmetric defense budget that omits major air defense and drone investments amid persistent gray-zone pressure.