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‘Nobody Is Safe’: What Xi’s Purges Say About His Control over China’s Military

Xi Jinping’s purge removed senior PLA generals for corruption and disloyalty, consolidating personal control over China’s military with only two top generals remaining.

The purging of China’s top general Zhang Youxia has cranked up the rumour mill, but experts say his downfall may be the case of a military leader who became too powerful.

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In China, a historic cleansing is currently taking place in the highest ranks of the military – the highest-ranking general so far ... The post Purification in the Chinese military: Like in the People's Republic, a power struggle escalates appeared first on Apollo News.

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Bloomberg reported on Tuesday (January 27) that the Chinese Communist Party's internal purge of senior military generals has deprived Western diplomats of a key contact and raised concerns that the Chinese military's external communication channels will become more closed.

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