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  "path": "/2026/05/09/world/asia/china-military-generals.html",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-09T04:01:10.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.nytimes.com",
  "tags": [
    "International Relations",
    "Defense and Military Forces",
    "Central Military Commission (China)",
    "Communist Party of China",
    "People's Liberation Army (China)",
    "Hu Jintao",
    "Xi Jinping",
    "Zhang Shengmin (1958- )",
    "Zhang Youxia (1950- )",
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  "textContent": "Xi Jinping spent 13 years building a military to rival that of the United States. But the stronger the Chinese forces grew, the less he trusted the generals he had handpicked to run them.",
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