# Trouble in the Chinese Military Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/ones-and-tooze-4236666/trouble-in-the-chinese-military Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/ones-and-tooze-4236666/trouble-in-the-chinese-military.md Podcast: [Ones and Tooze](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ones-and-tooze-4236666) Published: 2026-01-30T13:21:00+00:00 Episode link: https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/FGP4166991412.mp3?updated=1769777944 Audio file: https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/FGP4166991412.mp3?updated=1769777944 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ones-and-tooze-4236666/episodes/trouble-in-the-chinese-military Duration seconds: 3798 ## Resource Chinese President Xi Jinping has fired two top generals for alleged corruption as part of a dramatic military purge. With the move, Xi appears to have tightened his hold over the military but added significant instability. Adam and Cameron discuss the history and economics of the People's Liberation Army. Also on the show: Ahead of the Winter Games, Adam and Cameron discuss the economics of Milan. Brought to you by: betterhelp.com/onestooze Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ones-and-tooze-4236666/episodes/trouble-in-the-chinese-military/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/ones-and-tooze-4236666/trouble-in-the-chinese-military.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.