Purges have cut the CMC nearly in half, with profound consequences for the PLA’s ability to function as a modern warfighting ...

A new wave of purges has engulfed the senior leadership of China’s military, the People’s Liberation Army. Since the 20th National Party Congress in October 2022, more than 20 senior PLA officers from ...

The directive comes as corruption scandals have engulfed the world’s largest military by active personnel. Read more at ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping's absence from public view, appearing only twice in videos in over a month, amid a military purge and economic challenges, has fuelled speculation of a power shift in the ...

The rules follow a series of scandals that have seen a dozen senior PLA commanders being placed under investigation.

Chinese President missing from BRICS for the first time in 12 years has paved way to the speculations about his successor.

China's top legislature has voted to remove senior military official Miao Hua from the Central Military Commission, its highest-level military command body, according to a statement published on ...

The recent purges also affected two former defence ministers and several officers of the mysterious Rocket Force, the unit in charge of China's nuclear arsenal.

Military purge begins in China but where is Chinese president Xi Jinping? His absence raises questions like… Chinese President missing from BRICS for the first time in 12 years has paved way to ...

China has removed a top general from the nation’s apex military body led by President Xi Jinping, as the defense establishment is facing a wave of purges.

His absence coincides with a sweeping military purge that has seen the removal or disappearance of top PLA officials, including Generals He Weidong, Miao Hua, and Lin Xiangyang. The shake-up within ...

As well as the 100 People’s Liberation Army generals, Xi Jinping has purged hundreds of thousands of lesser military figures, ...