Every edition of The PLA Watch, newest first. Each issue is a single editorial brief drawn from the China Mil Watch daily archive — restrained where the week is routine, focused where something stands out.
The CMC issued a formal 26-article directive on managing its senior officer corps. The Southern Theater Command publicly acknowledged jamming a NATO warship. The rest of the week was mostly institutional maintenance — but that maintenance is worth reading carefully.
A full week of PLA Daily coverage with no flagged significant articles — but internal-reform coverage offers a useful baseline for the implementation gaps the institution is still naming publicly.
KJ-600 carrier qualification confirmed aboard Fujian. A Rocket Force unit publishes the failure that prompted its crew-hardening model. 85 articles, May 10–16, 2026.
Pilot edition based on three days of observed data (7–9 May 2026), not a full weekly readout. Across 42 articles from PLA Daily and affiliated outlets, the suspended death sentences against Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu — two consecutive former defense ministers — stand apart from otherwise routine coverage.
