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China's leader Xi Jinping is cleaning up the top of the army. This has consequences: for his own military, for Taiwan's security – and for measuring forces with the US.
The Fall of Zhang Youxia
Xi Jinping purges a million officials a year. China’s president finds corruption wherever he looks for it, like a Grand Inquisitor rooting out heresy. Lately, his fury has turned to members of the military command, and on 24 January, the great purge finally reached its zenith—a moment described by Dennis Wilder, former China analyst at the CIA, as “the most stunning development in Chinese politics since the early days of Xi’s rise to power.”As v…
On January 24, the authorities announced that Zhang Youxia, Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission, and Liu Zhenli, Chief of Staff of the Joint Staff Department, were under investigation, exacerbating the turmoil within the military. According to a recent revelation from a retired officer of the 31st Group Army, the PLA has fallen into chaos after Zhang Youxia's arrest, with officers at the regimental level and above submitting their r…
Newtalk News: The recent downfall of Zhang Youxia, Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China, and Liu Zhenli, Chief of the Joint Staff Department, has triggered unprecedented turmoil within the Chinese military. Multiple sources revealed that several directives recently issued by the Central Military Commission have faced widespread resistance in major theater commands, with some orders even going unexecute…
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