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Xi Jinping targets top PLA leaders in a multi-year anti-corruption campaign to strengthen party control and accelerate military modernization, officials said.
- On Jan. 24, Chinese President Xi Jinping removed longtime top general Zhang Youxia, concluding a yearslong purge amid corruption and disloyalty investigations in the People's Liberation Army.
- Xi Jinping moved against procurement and Rocket Force corruption tied to past ministers, with observers linking the purge to reasserting CCP control and preparing the PLA for Taiwan, with timing aligned to training cycles.
- Rapid promotions followed, as Xi reworked PLA command structures, formalized the CMC chair responsibility system, and reduced the CMC from 11 to seven at last October's plenum.
- Immediate effects include short-term disruption the PLA must manage as Xi consolidates authority and shapes succession ahead of next year, affecting regional balances.
- He could maintain stasis in the high command until the 21st Party Congress next year, as analysts link the purge to 2023 Rocket Force sackings and defense investigations.
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The Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, said that great dangers and opportunities often come together. This applies especially to him now, after he has demilitarized the high command of the Chinese Armed Forces, leaving a vacuum that is expected to be filled with a new generation of legally selected fingers. Unique material for signatories. To have complete access, access the material link and make its daughter.
The last cessations in the military leadership orchestrated by Xi Jinping confirm the Communist Party's pre-eminence over the structure of the State and its maximum degree of centrality since 1978 and the greater effective control over the State, the Army and society since the death of Mao Xi Jinping has closed the cycle initiated in 2015 with the greatest reform of the People's Liberation Army (EPL) since 1950. The last movement is the cessatio…
China’s Latest Military Purge Is Part of a Long Communist Tradition
China’s Latest Military Purge Is Part of a Long Communist Tradition acabral-sanche… Fri, 01/30/2026 - 10:25 SVG Commentary Jan 30, 2026 The Washington Post China’s Latest Military Purge Is Part of a Long Communist Tradition China’s latest military purge is part of a long tradition. Miles Yu Senior Fellow and Director, China Center Miles Yu Commentary Caption Zhang Youxia, then vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the People…
The dismissal of Xi Jinping's deputy on China's Central Military Commission and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff raises concerns about Taiwan's future. Read Michel Suárez's report.
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