China Suspends Top Military Official in Expanding Anti-Corruption Campaign

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High-Ranking Military Official In China Suspended And Placed Under Investigation

A member of China’s powerful Central Military Commission has been suspended and put under investigation, the country’s Defense Ministry said Thursday. Miao Hua was director of the political work department on the commission, which oversees the People’s Liberation Army, the world’s largest standing military. He was one of five members of the commission in addition to its leader, Chinese President Xi Jinping. Defense Ministry spokesperson Wu Qian …

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Xi suspends China’s powerful military official as purge campaign intensifies

Chinese President Xi Jinping is carrying out a purge campaign in the military, yet again. According to media reports, a top military official has been suspended and placed under investigation in China following “serious violations of discipline”. According to China’s defence ministry, Admiral Miao Hua is a member of the powerful Central Military Commission (CMC), China’s top military body led by Xi.

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The People's Republic has been confronted with corruption cases among high-ranking military officials for years. After two defense ministers had to leave within a short period of time, an admiral is now being suspended.

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China's PLA faces continued turmoil amid senior officer's corruption inquiry

Admiral Miao Hua, a member of the influential Central Military Commission (CMC), China's highest military authority chaired by Xi, is being investigated for "serious violations of discipline"--a term often used to refer to corruption, according to Defense Ministry spokesperson Wu Qian during a press briefing on Thursday, CNN reported

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Xi Jinping's military purge is bleeding into his elite circle of generals commanding China's forces

Xi's anti-corruption crackdown has pushed into the highest echelons of China's military recently, and it looks like the purge still isn't finished.Pablo PORCIUNCULA / AFP via Getty ImagesA member of China's highest military body is being slapped with a corruption investigation.Adm. Miao Hua is one of six members of an exclusive commission led by Xi that oversees China's military.He's the latest in a string of high-ranking defense officials to be…

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High-Ranking Military Official in China Placed Under Investigation, Defense Ministry Says

He is one of five members of the body that oversees the world’s largest standing military.