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Xi Jinping’s purge of top general sends China’s military into uncharted waters
On the day Xi Jinping publicly purged his top general, it was business as usual for the People’s Liberation Army, which sent 29 aircraft and six warships towards Taiwan, as it trains for taking the island the Chinese leader insists Beijing must eventually control.

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Xi has absolute control over China’s military. Now he wants more
Xi’s Purge of China’s Military Brings Its Top General Down
Xi Jinping seeks 'total control' of military with purges, says US envoy David Perdue
Ambassador David Perdue said the probe into Zhang Youxia, announced over the weekend, is a "major development," citing the family connections the vice chair of China's apex military commission has wit...

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Who is Zhang Youxia? China’s top general, Xi’s closest military ally accused of leaking nuclear secrets to US
Is China probing its top general over an alleged nuclear secrets leak to US?
Month before Xi Jinping’s purge of China’s top general, Pentagon flagged removal of officers, said it triggered ‘uncertainty’
It is noteworthy that the news came just a month after the Pentagon’s most recent annual report on China’s armed forces had specifically flagged the removal of senior officers of the People’s Liberati...

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In Xi’s China, Even the Mightiest General Can Fall
China has purged its highest-ranked military general. Why?

Purge of top Chinese general throws military into turmoil, raises questions about Taiwan

This is a reminder coming directly from President Xi Jinping that political loyalty stands well before combat readiness,” one analyst told NBC News.

China’s military has a major problem

By removing a top general amid an ongoing purge, has Xi Jinping made China's military less effective?

China’s top military general passed on nuclear secrets to the US? Beijing probes data leak

China is investigating its top military general amid allegations that he passed sensitive nuclear weapons information to the United States, triggering the most serious shake-up of the country’s armed forces under President Xi Jinping.