Gen. Zhang Youxia, the top-ranked vice chairman of China’s Central Military Commission (CMC), was abruptly removed from his position and placed under investigation for “severe violations of party discipline and state laws” over the weekend.
His ouster sent shockwaves through the Chinese Communist Party, since he was not only a top-tier member of the Politburo, but also a close personal ally of dictator Xi Jinping.
Another high-ranking member of the CMC, Gen. Liu Zhenli, met a similar fate over the weekend, leaving the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) with only one supreme military commander beside Xi himself: Gen. Zhang Shengmin, who was ranked below Zhang and was in charge of disciplinary affairs. Zhang Shengmin gained his seat on the CMC only this past October, when
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