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Party Bristles at Military’s Push for More Sway in China

Edward Wong and Jonathan Ansfield
August 7, 2012

Edward Wong

Edward Wong is Beijing Bureau Chief for The New York Times. Since 2008, he has covered Chinese politics, economics, the military, foreign policy, the environment, culture, and a range of other issues...

Based in Beijing since the late 1990’s, Jonathan Ansfield reports for The New York Times and is an editor of the Chinese-language edition. Previously, he was a reporter for Newsweek and Reuters. A...

With China’s once-a-decade leadership transition only months away, the party is pushing back with a highly visible campaign against disloyalty and corruption, even requiring all officers to report financial assets.