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fromwww.dw.com
4 days ago

China: Is Xi Jinping losing trust in his top generals?

Over the weekend, it emerged that authorities in China have opened investigations into two senior figures at the top of the People's Liberation Army for "serious disciplinary violations" a phrase commonly used in Chinese official communications to refer to corruption. Those affected include top general Zhang Youxia, who is one of President Xi Jinping's closest allies in the military and one of the two deputy chairmen of the powerful Central Military Commission. Another senior general, Liu Zhenli, is also being investigated.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

Fate of China's top general more likely to do with power struggle than corruption

Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli, senior Central Military Commission members, were placed under investigation for suspected corruption and political violations, triggering a major PLA purge.
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fromwww.npr.org
1 week ago

China's top general under investigation in latest military purge

Top Chinese military leader Zhang Youxia is under investigation amid a broad anti-corruption purge that enforces loyalty to Xi Jinping and reshapes military leadership.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 months ago

China expels top military commanders in latest anticorruption purge

Two of China's highest-ranking officers and seven other senior military officials have been expelled from the ruling Communist Party and the military on suspicion of serious misconduct linked to corruption, according to the country's Defence Ministry. He Weidong, China's second-highest-ranking general, and navy admiral Miao Hua, the Chinese military's former top political officer, are the latest senior military officials to be targeted in a campaign against corruption in the People's Liberation Army.
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