{"id":42321,"date":"2026-02-13T12:03:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T10:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/?p=42321"},"modified":"2026-02-15T18:57:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T16:57:47","slug":"we-dont-know-interpreting-recent-developments-in-chinas-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/cs\/we-dont-know-interpreting-recent-developments-in-chinas-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201eNev\u00edme\u201c: Jak interpretovat v\u00fdvoj v \u010d\u00ednsk\u00e9m veden\u00ed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"42321\" class=\"elementor elementor-42321\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-159e051c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"159e051c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1ac1e3d4\" data-id=\"1ac1e3d4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-685c04cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"685c04cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-685c04cb{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe751cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6fe751cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Foto: Unsplash<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6e747930 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6e747930\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c0ffd93\" data-id=\"6c0ffd93\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-137d072e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"137d072e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-no-translation=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-24b0d4a6\" data-id=\"24b0d4a6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e57c093 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e57c093\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Co se d\u011bje?<\/h2><p>Dne 24. ledna ozn\u00e1milo \u010d\u00ednsk\u00e9 ministerstvo obrany, \u017ee dva vysoce postaven\u00ed gener\u00e1lov\u00e9 \u2014 \u010cang Jou-sia (\u5f35\u53c8\u4fe0) a Liou \u010cen-li (\u5289\u632f\u7acb) \u2014 jsou vy\u0161et\u0159ov\u00e1ni kv\u016fli \u201e<em>z\u00e1va\u017en\u00e9mu poru\u0161en\u00ed discipl\u00edny a z\u00e1kona\u201c<\/em>. Tato zpr\u00e1va mnoh\u00e9 pozorovatele p\u0159ekvapila. Od t\u00e9 doby se objevuj\u00ed spekulace o tom, pro\u010d \u010d\u00ednsk\u00fd prezident Si \u0164in-pching (\u7fd2\u8fd1\u5e73) odstranil dva vysoce postaven\u00e9 gener\u00e1ly, kter\u00e9 s\u00e1m jmenoval.<\/p><p>Skute\u010dnost, \u017ee \u010c\u00ednsk\u00e1 lidov\u00e1 osvobozeneck\u00e1 arm\u00e1da (\u010cLOA) m\u00e1 hlubok\u00e9 probl\u00e9my s korupc\u00ed a \u017ee za vl\u00e1dy Si \u0164in-pchinga \u010del\u00ed intenzivn\u00ed kontrole, je dob\u0159e zdokumentovan\u00e1. Co je tedy tentokr\u00e1t jinak? A co vlastn\u011b v\u00edme o vnit\u0159n\u00ed dynamice uvnit\u0159 \u010cLOA a nejvy\u0161\u0161\u00edho veden\u00ed Komunistick\u00e9 strany \u010c\u00edny (KS \u010c\u00edny)?<\/p><p>V ned\u00e1vn\u00e9 <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/cz\/podcast\/preview-10-questions-on-the-detention-of-zhang\/id1653064469?i=1000747237508&amp;l=cs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">epizod\u011b podcastu\u00a0<em>Sharp China<\/em><\/a>\u00a0odpov\u011bd\u011bl analytik Bill Bishop na ot\u00e1zky t\u00fdkaj\u00edc\u00ed se okolnost\u00ed posledn\u00ed \u010distky t\u00e9m\u011b\u0159 dvacetkr\u00e1t slovem \u201enev\u00edme\u201c. To samo o sob\u011b ilustruje, jak mal\u00fd p\u0159ehled maj\u00ed i odborn\u00edci o d\u011bn\u00ed uvnit\u0159 nejvy\u0161\u0161\u00edch politick\u00fdch org\u00e1n\u016f \u010c\u00edny, jako jsou politbyro KS \u010c\u00edny nebo \u00dast\u0159edn\u00ed vojensk\u00e1 komise (\u00daVK) KS \u010c\u00edny. V\u00a0tomto kontextu m\u00e1 smysl soust\u0159edit se p\u0159edev\u0161\u00edm na to, co lze s\u00a0rozumnou m\u00edrou jistoty konstatovat.<\/p><h2>\u00a0<\/h2><h2>Jak\u00e9 jsou \u0161ir\u0161\u00ed souvislosti?<\/h2><p>Pro pochopen\u00ed v\u00fdznamu t\u011bchto ud\u00e1lost\u00ed je z\u00e1sadn\u00ed ujasnit si roli \u00dast\u0159edn\u00ed vojensk\u00e9 komise Komunistick\u00e9 strany \u010c\u00edny (\u00daVK). Ta je nejvy\u0161\u0161\u00edm org\u00e1nem <strong>vojensk\u00e9ho veden\u00ed Komunistick\u00e9 strany \u010c\u00edny<\/strong>, nikoli st\u00e1tn\u00ed instituc\u00ed. Z toho plyne, \u017ee \u010cLOA nen\u00ed n\u00e1rodn\u00ed arm\u00e1dou v z\u00e1padn\u00edm smyslu slova, ale arm\u00e1dou ovl\u00e1danou stranou, jej\u00edm\u017e prim\u00e1rn\u00edm posl\u00e1n\u00edm je chr\u00e1nit KS \u010c\u00edny a zachovat jej\u00ed vl\u00e1du. Ideologick\u00e1 loajalita, nikoli profesion\u00e1ln\u00ed vojensk\u00e1 autonomie, z\u016fst\u00e1v\u00e1 kl\u00ed\u010dov\u00e1.<\/p><p>Po posledn\u00edch ot\u0159esech z\u016fstali v \u00daVK ji\u017e pouze dva \u010dlenov\u00e9: Si \u0164in-pching jako p\u0159edseda a\u00a0\u010cang \u0160en-min (\u5f35\u5347\u6c11) jako m\u00edstop\u0159edseda.<\/p><p>Ozn\u00e1men\u00ed z 24. ledna uv\u00e1d\u00ed, \u017ee oba gener\u00e1lov\u00e9 \u201e<em>jsou podez\u0159el\u00ed ze z\u00e1va\u017en\u00e9ho poru\u0161en\u00ed discipl\u00edny a z\u00e1kona\u201c<\/em> a \u017ee \u201e<em>bylo v\u016f\u010di \u010c<\/em><em>ang Jou-siaovi<\/em><em> a Liou \u010cen-limu rozhodnuto zah\u00e1jit vy\u0161et\u0159ov\u00e1n\u00ed\u201c<\/em>.<\/p><p>\u010cang Jou-sia (75 let), dosavadn\u00ed prvn\u00ed m\u00edstop\u0159edseda \u00daVK, pat\u0159\u00ed k velmi \u00fazk\u00e9 skupin\u011b vysoce postaven\u00fdch d\u016fstojn\u00edk\u016f \u010cLOA se skute\u010dn\u00fdmi bojov\u00fdmi zku\u0161enostmi: bojoval ve v\u00e1lce mezi \u010c\u00ednou a Vietnamem v roce 1979. Jeho otec byl gener\u00e1lem \u010cLOA, kter\u00fd bojoval po boku Si \u0164in-pchingova otce Si \u010cung-s\u00fcna b\u011bhem \u010d\u00ednsk\u00e9 ob\u010dansk\u00e9 v\u00e1lky, co\u017e mlad\u0161\u00edho \u010canga \u0159ad\u00ed mezi tzv. \u201eprinc\u00e1tka\u201c. Byl v\u0161eobecn\u011b pova\u017eov\u00e1n za jednoho z nejd\u016fv\u011bryhodn\u011bj\u0161\u00edch vojensk\u00fdch spojenc\u016f Si \u0164in-pchinga, a pr\u00e1v\u011b proto je jeho p\u00e1d o to p\u0159ekvapiv\u011bj\u0161\u00ed. Mnoz\u00ed analytici se <a href=\"https:\/\/chinadrew.substack.com\/p\/the-demise-of-zhang-youxia-hits-different\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">domn\u00edvaj\u00ed<\/a>, \u017ee \u010cang sehr\u00e1val v \u010cLOA stabiliza\u010dn\u00ed roli, tlumil nerealistick\u00e1 o\u010dek\u00e1v\u00e1n\u00ed a poskytoval Si \u0164in-pchingovi realisti\u010dt\u011bj\u0161\u00ed hodnocen\u00ed schopnost\u00ed arm\u00e1dy.<\/p><p>Po v\u00fd\u0161e citovan\u00e9m ozn\u00e1men\u00ed se na soci\u00e1ln\u00edch s\u00edt\u00edch za\u010daly masivn\u011b \u0161\u00ed\u0159it spekulace, mnoh\u00e9 z nich\u017e se dostaly i do tradi\u010dn\u00edch m\u00e9di\u00ed. Podle r\u016fzn\u00fdch zpr\u00e1v a f\u00e1m \u2014 v\u010detn\u011b tvrzen\u00ed citovan\u00fdch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/china\/chinas-top-general-accused-of-giving-nuclear-secrets-to-u-s-b8f59dae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a> \u2014 byl \u010cang obvin\u011bn z <strong>\u00faniku jadern\u00fdch tajemstv\u00ed Spojen\u00fdm st\u00e1t\u016fm<\/strong>. Dal\u0161\u00ed zpr\u00e1vy zmi\u0148uj\u00ed jin\u00fd ned\u00e1vn\u00fd skand\u00e1l z vojensk\u00e9ho prost\u0159ed\u00ed: \u00fadajnou <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/YaxueCao\/status\/2017579387198087533?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sebevra\u017edu<\/a> Che Wej-tunga (\u4f55\u885b\u6771), b\u00fdval\u00e9ho m\u00edstop\u0159edsedy \u00daVK, kter\u00fd byl ter\u010dem d\u0159\u00edv\u011bj\u0161\u00ed protikorup\u010dn\u00ed kampan\u011b.<\/p><p>V sou\u010dasnosti neexistuje \u017e\u00e1dn\u00fd zp\u016fsob, jak tyto f\u00e1my ov\u011b\u0159it. Nev\u00edme, zda maj\u00ed jak\u00fdkoli re\u00e1ln\u00fd z\u00e1klad, a\u00a0m\u016f\u017eeme pouze spekulovat, zda jsou d\u016fvodem pro odstran\u011bn\u00ed dvou vysoce postaven\u00fdch gener\u00e1l\u016f <strong>paranoia a obavy v\u016fdce<\/strong> z mocn\u00fdch pod\u0159\u00edzen\u00fdch, nebo o up\u0159\u00edmn\u00e1 <strong>snaha<\/strong> <strong>bojovat proti korupci<\/strong> a <strong>zabr\u00e1nit frakcion\u00e1\u0159stv\u00ed v arm\u00e1d\u011b, a t\u00edm zajistit absolutn\u00ed poslu\u0161nost \u010cLOA<\/strong>.<\/p><p>To, co \u010din\u00ed p\u00e1d \u010cang Jou-siaa a Liou \u010cen-liho (64 let) odli\u0161n\u00fdm od p\u0159edchoz\u00edch \u010distek, je <strong>rychlost a tvrdost cel\u00e9ho procesu<\/strong>. Oba mu\u017ei \u00fadajn\u011b zmizeli z ve\u0159ejn\u00e9ho prostoru u\u017e v prosinci, p\u0159i\u010dem\u017e jejich p\u00e1d byl ve\u0159ejn\u011b ozn\u00e1men v lednu \u2014 v\u00fdrazn\u011b rychleji ne\u017e v minul\u00fdch p\u0159\u00edpadech. Neobvykle tvrd\u00fd je rovn\u011b\u017e jazyk pou\u017eit\u00fd v ofici\u00e1ln\u00edch ozn\u00e1men\u00edch a v koment\u00e1\u0159\u00edch arm\u00e1dn\u00edho tisku. Podle den\u00edku <a href=\"http:\/\/www.81.cn\/yw_208727\/16439153.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PLA Daily<\/a> jejich jedn\u00e1n\u00ed v\u00e1\u017en\u011b po\u0161kodilo \u201eobraz a autoritu\u201c (\u5f62\u8c61\u5a01\u4fe1) arm\u00e1dy a \u201ev\u00e1\u017en\u011b po\u0161lapalo\u201c (\u4e25\u91cd\u8df5\u8e0f) institucion\u00e1ln\u00ed normy \u2014 co\u017e jsou formulace, kter\u00e9 nazna\u010duj\u00ed p\u0159\u00edm\u00e9 zpochybn\u011bn\u00ed \u010di ignorov\u00e1n\u00ed autority Si \u0164in-pchinga. Jak <a href=\"https:\/\/jamestown.org\/zhang-youxias-differences-with-xi-jinping-led-to-his-purge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">argumentuje<\/a> K. Tristan Tang, analyti\u010dka Jamestown Foundation, ukazuj\u00ed dan\u00e9 formulace, \u017ee oba mu\u017ei \u201e<em>s nejv\u011bt\u0161\u00ed pravd\u011bpodobnost\u00ed ztratili moc kv\u016fli neshod\u00e1m se Si \u0164in-pchingem ohledn\u011b rozvoje \u010cLOA, zejm\u00e9na pokud jde o harmonogram v\u00fdcviku spole\u010dn\u00fdch operac\u00ed, a mo\u017en\u00e1 prosazovali politiky nebo vyd\u00e1vali rozkazy, kter\u00e9 byly v rozporu s jeho direktivami\u201c<\/em>.<\/p><p>V\u00fdmluvn\u00e9 je i na\u010dasov\u00e1n\u00ed. Si \u0164in-pching na\u0159\u00eddil \u010cLOA, aby byla p\u0159ipravena k boji do roku 2027 \u2014 roku, kter\u00fd je jak st\u00fdm v\u00fdro\u010d\u00edm zalo\u017een\u00ed \u010cLOA, tak pravd\u011bpodobn\u00fdm za\u010d\u00e1tkem Si \u0164in-pchingova \u010dtvrt\u00e9ho prezidentsk\u00e9ho mand\u00e1tu. Kroky proti t\u011bmto vysoce postaven\u00fdm p\u0159edstavitel\u016fm mohou signalizovat, \u017ee Si \u0164in-pching ztratil trp\u011blivost s arm\u00e1dou, kterou pova\u017euje za nedostate\u010dn\u011b p\u0159ipravenou, nebo nedostate\u010dn\u011b loaj\u00e1ln\u00ed \u2014 nebo oboj\u00ed.<\/p><h2>\u00a0<\/h2><h2>Pro\u010d je to d\u016fle\u017eit\u00e9?<\/h2><p>Jist\u00e9 je, \u017ee <strong>Si \u0164in-pching d\u00e1le konsoliduje moc<\/strong>. Ve st\u0159edu 4. \u00fanora absolvoval telefonick\u00e9 hovory jak s\u00a0rusk\u00fdm prezidentem Vladimirem Putinem, tak s americk\u00fdm prezidentem Donaldem Trumpem \u2014 co\u017e je jednozna\u010dn\u00fd sign\u00e1l jeho sebev\u011bdom\u00ed a autority.<\/p><p>Ofici\u00e1ln\u00ed \u010d\u00ednsk\u00e9 <a href=\"http:\/\/politics.people.com.cn\/n1\/2026\/0204\/c1024-40659623.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prohl\u00e1\u0161en\u00ed<\/a> po hovoru s Trumpem uv\u00e1d\u00ed, \u017ee \u201e<em>\u010c\u00edna dodr\u017euje sv\u00e9 slovo a jedn\u00e1 rozhodn\u011b; <strong>d\u011bl\u00e1me to, co \u0159\u00edk\u00e1me<\/strong>\u201c<\/em>. Zd\u016fraz\u0148uje tak\u00e9 ot\u00e1zku Tchaj-wanu tvrzen\u00edm, \u017ee <em>\u201eTchaj-wan je \u010d\u00ednsk\u00e9 \u00fazem\u00ed; \u010c\u00edna mus\u00ed br\u00e1nit svou n\u00e1rodn\u00ed suverenitu a \u00fazemn\u00ed celistvost a nikdy nedovol\u00ed Tchaj-wanu, aby se osamostatnil\u201c<\/em>. Z\u00e1rove\u0148 vyz\u00fdv\u00e1 Spojen\u00e9 st\u00e1ty, aby <em>\u201enakl\u00e1daly s ot\u00e1zkou prodeje zbran\u00ed Tchaj-wanu s maxim\u00e1ln\u00ed opatrnost\u00ed\u201c<\/em>. To lze \u010d\u00edst jako p\u0159\u00edm\u00e9 varov\u00e1n\u00ed Spojen\u00fdm st\u00e1t\u016fm: <strong>dr\u017ete se od Tchaj-wanu d\u00e1l a ukon\u010dete dod\u00e1vky zbran\u00ed Tchaj-peji.<\/strong><\/p><p>Trumpova reakce na jeho platform\u011b Truth Social \u2014 \u017ee \u201e<em>bere obavy \u010c\u00edny ohledn\u011b tchajwansk\u00e9 ot\u00e1zky na v\u011bdom\u00ed\u201c<\/em> a je ochoten udr\u017eovat komunikaci s c\u00edlem zachovat americko-\u010d\u00ednsk\u00e9 vztahy <em>\u201edobr\u00e9 a stabiln\u00ed\u201c<\/em> \u2014 vyvol\u00e1v\u00e1 z\u00e1sadn\u00ed ot\u00e1zky ohledn\u011b budouc\u00edho americk\u00e9ho signalizov\u00e1n\u00ed a odstra\u0161ov\u00e1n\u00ed.<\/p><p>To v\u0161e se odehr\u00e1v\u00e1 v kontextu nov\u00e9 americk\u00e9 bezpe\u010dnostn\u00ed strategie, kter\u00e1 se v\u016f\u010di \u010c\u00edn\u011b jev\u00ed m\u00e9n\u011b konfronta\u010dn\u011b, a z\u00e1rove\u0148 p\u0159etrv\u00e1vaj\u00edc\u00edch obav ohledn\u011b v\u00fddaj\u016f na obranu a p\u0159ipravenosti Tchaj-wanu na ozbrojen\u00fd konflikt.<\/p><p>V souhrnu lze \u0159\u00edci, \u017ee \u010distky v r\u00e1mci \u010cLOA nemus\u00ed signalizovat slabost, ale sp\u00ed\u0161e ukazuje na veden\u00ed, kter\u00e9 se netrp\u011bliv\u011b a energicky p\u0159ipravuje na rozhodnut\u00ed, je\u017e pova\u017euje za historicky nevyhnuteln\u00e1.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo: Unsplash Foto: Unsplash What is happening? On January 24, an announcement by China\u2019s Ministry of Defense that two senior generals \u2014 Zhang Youxia (\u5f35\u53c8\u4fe0) and Liu Zhenli (\u5289\u632f\u7acb) \u2014 were under investigation for \u201cserious violations of discipline and law\u201d took many observers by surprise. 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