US EditionChina Probes Top General Over Alleged Transfer of Nuclear Secrets to U.S.: WSJ
General Zhang Youxia, a close ally of Xi Jinping, faces investigation for leaking nuclear weapons data to the U.S., amid a sweeping military anti-corruption purge, officials said.
- On Saturday , Chinese state media reported an investigation into Gen. Zhang Youxia, senior PLA general and Politburo member, suspected of 'serious violations of party discipline and state law,' China’s Ministry of National Defense said.
- Allegations center on leaking and corruption, notably that Gen. Zhang Youxia leaked nuclear data to the United States and accepted bribes tied to a powerful military procurement agency, with evidence from an investigation into Gu Jun, former general manager, China National Nuclear Corp. .
- At a closed-door briefing, officials outlined allegations shortly before Zhang was formally detained, citing investigative materials from the Gu Jun probe and involving Liu Zhenli, chief of the CMC Joint Staff Department.
- The probe is expected to remove Zhang from his post, leaving the Central Military Commission at unusually low strength and marking one of the most sweeping purges under Xi Jinping, CMC Chairman.
- The development fits within Xi Jinping’s broader anti-corruption campaign, targeting officials from top to bottom, while observers note factional rivalries including the 'Shaanxi gang' and analysts warn the purge could complicate PLA war planning and Taiwan-related readiness.
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Zhang Youxia had climbed the military and political ladder to occupy the vice presidency of a commission controlled by the People's Liberation Army. Among the accusations against him would be that he had leaked information from the Chinese nuclear program to the United States.
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China’s highest-ranking general and once a close confidant of Xi Jinping, General Zhang Youxia is facing allegations of leaking nuclear secrets and corruption. Thousands of officers with ties to Zhang and other implicated generals now face heightened scrutiny, intensifying pressure on the upper ranks of the People’s Liberation Army.
China’s Xi targets top general in growing purge
What happenedChina’s Ministry of Defense announced Saturday that the country’s top general, Zhang Youxia, and another member of the Central Military Commission, Gen. Liu Zhenli, were being investigated over “grave violations of discipline and the law.” The Defense Ministry did not disclose the allegations against either general, but Zhang was accused of “leaking information about the country’s nuclear-weapons program to the U.S. and accepting br…
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