US EditionWill Xi Jinping Be Removed Before 2027 Amid Military Purge? Millions Of Dollars Bet On Prediction Markets Say This
The purge targets alleged corruption and leaks of nuclear secrets, reducing the Central Military Commission from seven to two members amid speculation of political consolidation.
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When just over a week ago a brief note from official agency Xinhua announced the disgraceful fall of Zhang Youxia, China’s top general, the only thing that became clear is one thing: no one, beyond the president’s inner circle, Xi Jinping, (or perhaps even that) knew why. Zhang was put under investigation alongside Liu Zhenli, another of the top military commanders, for alleged “serious violations of discipline and law,” the statement said, givi…
Will Xi Jinping Be Removed Before 2027 Amid Military Purge? Millions Of Dollars Bet On Prediction Markets Say This
China is currently running a purge of its top military leaders amid an aggressive anti-corruption campaign by President Xi Jinping. Several Leaders of the People's Liberation Army are being investigated. Importance Rank: 1
Why the purge? China's Xi sidelines top military brass
The official line these days out of China is that it's a stable partner "in an uncertain world." So what to make of the bombshell news out of Beijing? Xi Jinping purging his top general Zhang Yiouxia with accusations against the 75-year old loyalist that range from corruption to leaking nuclear secrets to the US. We’ll ask about the reasons and the timing…
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter In Kyo-jun = After the purge of Vice Chairman Zhang Youxia of the Communist Party of China's Central Military Commission and Central Military Commissioner Liu Zhenli (Chief of Staff of the Joint Staff Department), there has been international concern about China's course of action...
Since Xi Jinping led the world's largest super-Power in the population almost 14 years ago, he has systematically devastated the top of the Chinese Communist Party, hit by high-ranking officials, security leaders and even children of the party's red aristocracy, but even against this background his last cleansing has become exceptional, written The New York Times, and the announcement by the Chinese Ministry of Defence on 24 January that the cou…
Following the announcement that Zhang Youxia, Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China, and Liu Zhenli, Chief of the Joint Staff Department, were under investigation, the *PLA Daily* published commentaries for three consecutive days, repeatedly demanding that "the entire military resolutely support the decision of the Party Central Committee." Analysts point out that this unusually sustained political mobi…
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