China’s Purge Reaches the Military’s Second-Highest Officer, a Longtime Xi Jinping Loyalist
The removal of the vice chairman who ran the day-to-day affairs of China's military under Xi Jinping, alongside the general who headed its joint-operations command, is the most explosive move yet in a purge that has already toppled ten officials at ministerial rank or higher this year. Both men were accused of political disloyalty rather than simple graft.
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