It was a bitterly cold, overcast winter day when China’s senior-most general left for a meeting with hundreds of high-ranking Communist Party officials, including their leader, Xi Jinping. Zhang Youxia, center, was arrested Jan. 19 on unspecified charges. Gen. Zhang Youxia never made it. Security personnel sent by Xi intercepted Zhang en route to the…
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…
China’s second-ranked military general has become the latest in a series of top brass to come under investigation for corruption, China’s Ministry of National Defence announced on Friday. He Weidong, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) and a member of the 24-man Politburo, was expelled from the Communist Party and the army, the ministry…