Xi Jinping -- China's president, the party's general secretary and the military's top supervisor -- appears to be getting some pushback from certain quarters within the military. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Reuters and Yusuke Hinata)

Analysis: China military in disarray over Xi's monopoly on power

83rd Group Army's advocacy for 'collective leadership' defies the supreme leader

KATSUJI NAKAZAWA, Nikkei senior staff writer

December 26, 2024 04:10 JST

Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff and editorial writer at Nikkei. He spent seven years in China as a correspondent and later as China bureau chief. He was the 2014 recipient of the Vaughn-Ueda International Journalist prize.

The People's Liberation Army, the powerful military of the Chinese Communist Party, is in political disarray amid a feud over Xi Jinping's handling of the country's leadership system.