Anushka Saxena
August 1st is marking the 97th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, and the week is being celebrated with great pomp and show on the one hand, and sombre inspections and hush-hush changes in PLA leadership on the other. While the nature of the leadership changes itself isn’t surprising, the fact that there is no official reportage or announcement on military media platforms such as 81.cn has led reportage to scourge for data from provincial coverage of Bāyī (八一; 81) ceremonies.
To begin with, as per a report published in ‘Southcn.com’ (Nanfang.com/南方网 or Southern+/南方+ yield the same results), in the afternoon of July 31 (China time), Guangdong Party Secretary Huang Kunming led a delegation to visit the Southern Theater Command headquarters and attended the 2024 Guangdong Province ‘August 1st’ Military Appreciation Symposium. This report of the Symposium adds that the attendees included Southern Theater Command Commander Wu Yanan and Political Commissar Wang Wenquan.
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