Xi Jinping’s dream of a Chinese military-industrial complex

China's president, Xi Jinping, has promoted technocrats with experience in the military-industrial complex to key political positions to reinvigorate China's long-running project of “military-civil fusion”. Over a third of the Communist party’s Central Committee have a background in science, technol

June 20, 2023 . 1:36 AM

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New group of political leaders with deep experience in China’s military-industrial complex rise to top echelons of power.
Xi’s efforts to reinvigorate China’s long-running project of “military-civil fusion”.
Over a third of the Communist party’s Central Committee have a background in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Xi’s belief that China’s military-industrial sector was an area where party-state control and private sector activities could be successfully combined.
Experts fear the pace and breadth of military technology breakthroughs will step up a gear.