Newsletter: An Update on China's Armed Forces, January 2024

PLA UPDATE is a monthly newsletter produced by CNA’s China and Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Division (USA). In each issue, CIP analysts provide summaries of noteworthy Chinese media coverage focused on the internal and external affairs of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA).The PRC Defense Ministry has a new chief following a more than two month gap. On December 29, 2023, the Standing Committee