China’s Top General Under Investigation In Latest Military Purge
BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese military’s top general is being investigated on suspicion of serious disciplinary and legal violations, the Defense Ministry said Saturday.
Zhang Youxia, the senior of the two vice-chairmen of the powerful Central Military Commission, is the latest to make the list. a long-running purge from military officials.
Analysts believe the purges were designed to both reform the military and ensure loyalty to Chinese leader Xi Jinping, who chairs the military commission. They are part of something a broader effort to combat corruption This has punished more than 200,000 officials since Xi came to power in 2012.
In the statement made by the Ministry of Defense, it was stated that another member of the commission, Liu Zhenli, was also under investigation by China’s ruling Communist Party. Liu is the chief of staff of the commission’s Joint Staff Division. The commission is China’s top military body.
The statement did not provide any details about the alleged irregularity.
Zhang, 75, joined the People’s Liberation Army in 1968 and is a general of the ground forces.
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Party in 2024 Expelled two former defense ministers due to corruption charges.
Trump administration released a new statement National Defense Strategy He said Friday that China should be deterred from dominating the United States or its allies by recognizing it as a military power.
“This does not require regime change or another existential struggle,” the strategy said. “Rather, a reasonable peace is possible that is favorable to the Americans, but that China can also accept and live under.”
