Xi puts top military leaders under probe amid deepening PLA purge

3 months ago

Tenzin Nyidon

DHARAMSHALA, Jan. 26: China’s Ministry of National Defense on Saturday confirmed that General Zhang Youxia, Vice-Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) and a member of the Politburo, and General Liu Zhenli, Chief of Staff of the CMC Joint Staff Department, are under investigation for “serious violations of Party discipline and the law.”

Zhang is one of the most powerful figures in China’s armed forces, effectively second only to President Xi Jinping within the CMC. He was long regarded as Xi’s closest military ally, and his removal marks one of the most consequential shake-ups in the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in decades. Liu...

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