Report: Chairman Mao's Grandson Becomes Youngest Major-General in PLA
Chairman Mao’s grandson is believed to have been promoted to become the youngest major-general in the People’s Liberation Army.
Speaking recently in his capacity as a researcher at the Academy of Military Sciences and as an expert in Mao Zedong Thought, Mao Xinyu, 39, was introduced as a major-general.
It was the first clue that the only known surviving male heir to the Great Helmsman may have been promoted from senior colonel.
His elevation, reportedly received in June, makes him the youngest major-general in the 2.5-million-strong PLA and the first to be born in the 1970s.
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Speaking recently in his capacity as a researcher at the Academy of Military Sciences and as an expert in Mao Zedong Thought, Mao Xinyu, 39, was introduced as a major-general.
It was the first clue that the only known surviving male heir to the Great Helmsman may have been promoted from senior colonel.
His elevation, reportedly received in June, makes him the youngest major-general in the 2.5-million-strong PLA and the first to be born in the 1970s.