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Xi has promoted four senior Chinese military and armed police officers. Among them was Gen. Zhang, Commander of the Western Theatre Command of the PLA, state-run Xinhua news agency reported on Friday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has moved out General Zhao Zongqi, the People’s Liberation Army’s powerful Western Theatre Commander, amidst the military standoff in eastern Ladakh and replaced him with General Zhang Xudong, who has never served along the Indian border. Gen Zhao, who had also engineered the 2017 Doklam conflict with India, has been seen as a hardliner against India and Bhutan, hence the change of guard in the leadership has sparked hope in New Delhi.

Xi has advanced four senior Chinese military and outfitted cops. Among them was Gen. Zhang, Commander of the Western Theater Command of the PLA, a state-run Xinhua news organization investigated Friday.

Different officials who were advanced incorporate Guo Puxiao, Political Commissar of the Logistic Support Department of the CMC; Li Wei, Political Commissar of the PLA Strategic Support Force, and Wang Chunning, Commander.

The new arrangements at the highest point of the PLA Western Command come amidst the stalemate between the Chinese and Indian military in eastern Ladakh since May.

Very little is thought about Gen. Zhang, particularly his relationship with Western Theater Command, as he purportedly served generally in other auditorium orders of the PLA.

He succeeds 65-year-old Gen. Zhao Zongqi who headed the Western Theater Command during the 2017 Doklam stalemate where the Indian Army faced the PLA’s arrangement of laying a street near the Indian fringe in a zone guaranteed by Bhutan.

The Ladakh stalemate likewise occurred under the watch of Gen Zhao. It started in May after China dispatched a great many soldiers which were assembled for military activities to eastern Ladakh outskirts, starting another round of strains with India.

India and China have held a few rounds of talks at the strategic and military-level to determine the delayed deadlock.

At the most recent round of unfamiliar service level chats on December 18, the different sides said that they have consented to proceed with pursuing guaranteeing total separation of troops in all rubbing focuses along the LAC. The gathering additionally chose to hold the following round of military exchange at an early date.