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Xi Jinping Military Purge Leaves Leadership Vacancies Across China’s Armed Forces

Xi Jinping, the Chinese Communist Party’s general secretary and China’s top leader, has spent the past two years removing senior officers from the People’s Liberation Army in one o...

Two Former Chinese Defense Ministers Face Life Behind Bars in Growing Military Crackdown

The downfall of former Chinese defense ministers Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu has fueled scrutiny of the CCP's widening military purge, with analysts pointing to deepening distrust an...

The Deeper Pattern Behind China’s Military Purges

Xi’s new commanders are the men his last generals blocked.

Xi’s Former Defense Chiefs Accused of Derailing Taiwan Invasion Ambitions

On May 7, a Chinese military court announced suspended death sentences for former Chinese Defense Ministers Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu, a development widely viewed as one of the har...

A Broader Military Purge? Analysts Focus on Key PLA Meeting Led by Xi Jinping

A rare high-level military meeting led by Xi Jinping is drawing scrutiny from analysts, who warn it may signal a new wave of political purges and ideological tightening within Chin...

CCP Confirms Purge Of Nine Senior Generals And Three Military-Industrial Leaders Over Discipline Violations

Recently, the CCP’s latest bulletin from the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress for the first time disclosed the reasons behind the downfall of nine senior milita...

China sentences former defence ministers to death in sweeping military graft purge

China has handed down death sentences with a two-year reprieve to former defence ministers Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu for corruption. This significant development is part of Preside...

How China’s leader lost faith in his generals

The purge Xi Jinping has inflicted on the military elite shows one of the worst political crises of his 13 years in power.

Former China defence ministers convicted of corruption in latest purge of military leaders

Ex-defence ministers, Li Shangfu and Wei Fenghe both sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve, among the most severe sentences in a years-long purgeTwo former Chinese defence mi...

Trump’s Xi moment? A military purge unfolds in the US

US President Trump's administration has overseen a significant churn in senior US military leadership, with multiple high-ranking officers exiting their posts. These removals, incl...

China’s Former Defense Ministers Sentenced to Death With Reprieve: The Reason and the Wider Implications

Until now, no one from the military top brass had received such severe punishments since early days of the anti-corruption campaign.

China’s Fallen Generals Are Getting Unexpectedly Harsh Punishments

Chinese President Xi Jinping is raising the floor for punishing purge targets.

Xi Jinping Purged a Top Politburo Ally Ma Xingrui Over His Wife’s Secret Bribery Network, Insider Alleges

The official notice omitted a single ritual word. Inside the Party, everyone knew what that meant.

China’s Agriculture Minister Han Jun Ousted as Purges Hit Xi Jinping’s Inner Circle

According to China Daily citing an official statement, on April 28, 2026, a senior official from the CCP’s Organization Department, the Party body that manages personnel appointmen...

Chinese Politburo member Ma Xingrui under investigation by anti-graft watchdog

BEIJING — Ma Xingrui, a member of China's elite Politburo who had risen rapidly through the ranks after working as a rocket scientist, is under investigation over suspected "seriou...

China’s top military officials face ‘ironclad’ rules in anti-corruption fight

China’s top military command has issued strict measures to enforce discipline among senior officials of the People’s Liberation Army, marking its latest bid to further tighten cont...

Analysis: Military purges prompted Xi Jinping to meet Taiwan KMT leader

Analysis: Military purges prompted Xi Jinping to meet Taiwan KMT leader

Another Chinese Politburo Member Falls

Ma Xingrui is the latest official ensnared by anti-corruption purges.

Two Chinese former ministers handed suspended death sentences in latest Xi purge

Xi has used anti-corruption as a way to consolidate political loyalty and control among the political elite

Xi's purge continues: China sacks ex-envoy to India Sun Weidong

China military court hands down suspended death sentence to former defense ministers accused of corruption

A Chinese military court on Thursday sentenced two former defense ministers to death with a two-year reprieve for corruption, marking the heaviest penalties imposed on senior milit...

China’s Military Modernization Under Pressure as US Superiority Exposes Flaws

As US forces demonstrate overwhelming technological advantages, China’s military system is showing signs of internal strain, marked by failed systems, leadership purges, and growin...

China announces suspended death sentences for former defence ministers

The announcement follows recent ousting of several top officials in China's military.