Cai Yingting is a former general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
15 Facts About Cai Yingting
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Cai Yingting served as commander of the Nanjing Military Region and president of the PLA Academy of Military Science, but was demoted in 2017.
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Cai Yingting was born in April 1954 in Jinjiang, Fujian Province.
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In 1996, when then Central Military Commission vice chairman Zhang Wannian was dispatched to the Nanjing Military Region to oversee military maneuvers in the Taiwan Strait, Cai Yingting became his secretary.
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Cai Yingting was named deputy director of the General Office of the Central Military Commission.
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In 2002, Cai Yingting returned to the Nanjing MR to serve as deputy chief of staff.
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Cai Yingting served as Deputy Chief of the General Staff from 2011 until 2012.
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In 2012, Cai Yingting made a visit to the United States, including a stop at the US military base at Fort Hood, Texas, and at Pearl Harbor.
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Later that year, Cai Yingting was appointed commander of the Nanjing Military Region.
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Cai Yingting attained the rank of general in July 2013 and was a full member of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
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Cai Yingting was once seen as a rising star and one of the most trusted allies in the military of Chairman Xi Jinping.
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Cai Yingting had served as commander of the Xiamen-based 31st Group Army of the Nanjing Military Region, considered Xi's "royal army".
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In January 2017, Cai Yingting retired from his post as president of the PLA Academy of Military Science and was not known to have taken on any other post.
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Cai Yingting's departure was unusual, as he had not yet reached the PLA's mandatory retirement age for his rank.
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In May 2018, the South China Morning Post reported that Cai Yingting had been demoted by eight grades, possibly because he had failed to report his daughter's marriage to a Frenchman, and because of his ties to disgraced senior commanders.