China military purge taking toll on command and readiness, study finds

    China’s ongoing military corruption purges are leaving serious deficiencies in its command structure and are likely to have hampered the readiness of its rapidly modernising armed forces, a leading defence research centre said on Tuesday. The purges are likely to be incomplete, even though they have so far ranged across its supreme Central Military Commission,…

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      Chinese military’s top general investigated for ‘suspected serious violations of discipline’ as purge targets officials

      The Chinese military’s top general is being investigated for suspected “serious violations of discipline and the law”, the country’s defence ministry has said. Zhang Youxia, who is widely seen as President Xi Jinping’s closest military ally, is the latest figure to fall in a long-running purge of military officials. Zhang, 75, is one of just…

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