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New PLA Commander in Tibet

June 9, 2020;

A “rising star” in China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has been appointed commander of ground forces for the country’s Western Theatre Command (WTC). 57-year-old Xu Qiling has replaced predecessor He Weidong, “overseeing border areas in the Xinjiang and Tibet autonomous regions”. According to a PLA source, amid rising tensions with India, “the WTC needs a younger commander to lead frontier soldiers and officers in this current sensitive period”.

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