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China sentences two former defence ministers to death for corruptionFormer Chinese defense ministers Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu received death sentences with a two-year reprieve for corruption. Both were conv...
Taiwan says large-scale Chinese military flights return after unusual absenceChinese air force activity around Taiwan has resumed after a two-week pause. Taiwan detected 26 Chinese military aircraft in the Taiwan Str...
Enhance political loyalty, Xi Jinping tells Chinese military after purgesMeeting a largely condensed delegation of military officials of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and the People's Armed Police Force at t...
Top PLA general urges military loyalty to Xi JinpingPresident Xi Jinping met a reduced military delegation amidst a significant purge of top PLA officials. A top general urged defense personn...
Xi's purges of China's military run deep, new study showsA sweeping purge under President Xi Jinping has removed or sidelined around 100 senior People's Liberation Army officers since 2022, includ...
China military purge taking toll on command and readiness, study findsChina's military is undergoing significant purges due to corruption. This is creating gaps in its command structure. The International Inst...
In Xi Jinping's purge of Chinese military, a search for absolute loyaltyChinese President Xi Jinping is consolidating power through purges reminiscent of Mao Zedong. Top military commanders are being removed, si...
China's Xi makes rare public reference to recent military purgesChina's two highest-ranked generals have been ensnared in disciplinary probes, with He Weidong expelled in October last year and Zhang Youx...
'Nobody is safe': China's Xi targets his close ally in purgeChina's President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign has reached his closest allies. Top general Zhang Youxia is now under investigation...
Why does Xi Jinping keep purging loyalists? Look to Stalin and Mao for the answerXi Jinping's purges in China, reminiscent of Stalin and Mao, highlight the challenges of managing a vast system and maintaining elite loyal...
China's military corruption crackdown explainedChina's military faces a growing corruption scandal. Top official Miao Hua is the latest to be investigated. Several officials, including t...
Xi Jinping inspects much purged Rocket Force; calls for strengthening deterrence capabilitiesChinese President Xi Jinping visited the PLA's Rocket Force, which faced a significant corruption purge. He urged the troops to strengthen ...
Chinese Communist Party expels two ex-defence ministers on corruption chargesThe Chinese Communist Party has expelled two former defense ministers, Li Shangfu and Wei Fenghe, in an anti-corruption crackdown. This mov...
Abrupt dismissals point to Xi Jinping's quiet shake-up of China's militaryNine high-ranking Chinese military figures were recently removed as delegates to the country's Communist Party-run legislature, without off...
China appoints Admiral Dong Jun new defence minister, but opacity reignsEven as Chairman Xi Jinping promised that Taiwan would be "reunified" with the mainland, China's newly appointed defence minister was makin...
Sweeping Chinese military purge exposes weakness, could widen, says AnalystsChina's top lawmakers ousted nine senior military officers from the national legislative body on Friday, state media reported, a step that ...
Xi Jinping tells troops to improve combat readinessXi visited a study room of a company of an infantry brigade under the 65th Army Group, where he saw servicemen using a smart phone app to c...