Last week, China’s Ministry of National Defense announced that Zhang Youxia, first vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, and Liu Zhenli, chief of the Joint Staff Department, were under investigation for “serious violations of discipline and law.” The announcement followed days of speculation after both men were conspicuously absent from a high-level party seminar […]
Xi Drains the Central Military Commission
The fall of Zhang Youxia suggests that professional dissent has become a liability in China’s top military ranks.
