China’s highest-ranked general has been placed under investigation for “serious violations” of discipline in a broadside that ...
This is a reminder coming directly from President Xi Jinping that political loyalty stands well before combat readiness,” one ...
By Michael Martina, Trevor Hunnicutt and Mei Mei Chu WASHINGTON/BEIJING, Jan 28 (Reuters) - With the downfall of China's top ...
Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s decision to place the country’s top-ranking general under investigation is a stunning move that ...
Top Chinese military leaders Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli are under investigation for alleged disciplinary and legal ...
China is witnessing one of its most significant military leadership upheavals in decades as President Xi Jinping intensifies ...
The report further said, “Instead, Xi now has a high command consumed by paranoia, where war planning takes a backseat to ...
It also marked the zenith of Xi’s latest officer purge, which has touched every corner of the PLA and claimed all but one top officer over the last few years. Although the move came as a shock, its ...
The investigation into one of China’s top generals is the latest episode in Xi Jinping’s purge of the People’s Liberation ...
Central Military Commission vice chair Zhang Youxia was an experienced military leader, and experts viewed him as a voice of ...
Two senior Chinese military officials, including the highest-ranking PLA official Gen Zhang Youxia, were placed under ...
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China’s stunning military purge

Analysts are calling it China’s biggest military purge in roughly half a century: President Xi Jinping has placed his second-in-command, China’s top general, under investigation. Shanshan Mei, who ...