PLEASE STOP COMPARING TRUMP'S FIRING OF MILITARY OFFICERS TO CHINA'S PURGES. Sorry Financial Times, but:
--Fired U.S. officials won't spend the rest of their life in prison, and are very very unlikely to be arrested.
--Xi purged five out of six of the top military officials in China. Trump has fired less influential officials.
--There's so much more transparency and openness in the U.S. system. Trump has considerably less power in the U.S. system than Xi does in the Chinese system.
Ling Ling Wei's weekend @WSJ exclusive on Xi's military purge reads like a CCP info op.
It's part of a multi-year problem at WSJ, and dozens of China-watchers are taking notice.
Here are 20 weekend reactions to the WSJ reporting that range from skepticism to scathing 🧵👇