A week ago, speculation that two of China’s most senior military leaders were in trouble began circulating after they were conspicuously absent from a high-level study session in Beijing – an omission ...

Zhang Youxia, long seen as Xi Jinping’s closest military ally, reportedly accused of leaking nuclear secrets to US China’s military leadership is in turmoil after its most senior general – a close ...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping's decision to place the country's top-ranking general under investigation raises deep questions for China's neighbors about Beijing's ambitions to take control of Taiwan, ...

Experts suggest Xi Jinping is asserting his authority by sidelining an officer who has significantly betrayed his trust Standing inches from Xi Jinping at a military ceremony in late December, China’s ...

A combat veteran, Zhang Youxia was once seen as the most trusted man in Xi Jinping’s military. Now he has been accused of disloyalty to Mr. Xi. Zhang Youxia at a legislative meeting in Beijing in ...

The PLA is in a major crisis, with a level of leadership instability unseen since the heyday of the Cultural Revolution. PLA General Zhang Youxia, pictured here during a 2017 meeting with Russia’s ...

The senior ranks of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) are in tatters. The weekend purging of China's top general, Zhang Youxia, and another senior military officer, Gen Liu Zhenli, has left serious ...

China’s military parade projects Xi Jinping’s strongman image, but the show of unity could mask tensions from his relentless purges, as analyst Drew Thompson observes. Photo: Photo: Photo: ...

Zhang Youxia, vice-chair of China’s Central Military Commission, packing up to leave a meeting at the annual “Two Sessions” in Beijing on Mar 4, 2025 as President Xi Jinping walks past behind him.

China’s highest-ranking military official below Xi Jinping has been placed under investigation for corruption, a stunning upheaval that brings down the most senior figure yet in a widening purge of ...

Top Chinese military leaders Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli are under investigation for suspected “serious” disciplinary violations, according to the Ministry of National Defence. Zhang is the ...

BEIJING – China said on Jan 24 the senior vice-chairman of its powerful Central Military Commission (CMC) and another high-ranking official were under investigation for suspected “serious violations ...