'Bombshell': What top general's fall means for China's military

Opinion | China's Fallen Generals: Inside Xi's Military Purge, And What It Means For The Border

A sweeping purge at the top of the PLA raises urgent questions about loyalty and border stability in China.

ANALYSIS | Xi Jinping’s purge of China's top general spells uncertainty for world’s largest military

China's highest-ranked military general’s purge leaves President Xi Jinping almost alone at the helm of the military. Despite no one knowing for sure what led to this latest crackdown, there's a lot of speculation about what it means for the biggest army in the world.

The Guardian view on China’s military purge: the risks grow in an age of strongmen

Xi Jinping’s ousting of the country’s top general underscores the concentration of power in the hands of a few – with dangers for us allSir Keir Starmer is only one of the middle power leaders trekking to Beijing to renew relations. No one has forgotten China’s increasing international forcefulness, its handling of the pandemic and its closer relations with Russia as war engulfed Ukraine. But the wildness of Donald Trump’s first year back in pow…

Xi’s Military Purge May Set Back His Taiwan Ambitions

By ousting his top generals, Xi Jinping has secured absolute control, but has also hollowed out the command structure preparing for possible war over Taiwan.

'Bombshell': What top general's fall means for China's military

China has purged top generals before, but the announcement that Zhang Youxia, the vice-chairman of the powerful Central Military Commission (CMC), is being...

China's corruption watchdog probing emergency management minister

China's minister of emergency management, Wang Xiangxi, is being investigated for suspected "serious violations of discipline and law," a common euphemism for corruption, the anti-graft watchdog said on Saturday (Jan 31) as a purge of senior officials continues.The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection did not provide details in its statement on Wang, a Communist Party secretary. It is relatively rare...