China's top general under investigation in latest military purge

Описание: (25 Jan 2026)
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ARCHIVE: Beijing, China - 29 August 2024
1. U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan shaking hands with Zhang Youxia, Vice Chairman of China’s Central Military Commission UPSOUND Jake Sullivan (English): “Hello.”
Zhang Youxia (Mandarin): “Good morning.”
Jake Sullivan (English): “Thank you.”
Zhang Youxia (Mandarin): “Welcome to the Ba Yi Building.”
2. Mid of Zhang seated

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ARCHIVE: Qingdao, Shandong Province - 22 April 2024
3. Zhang on saluting ahead of speech
4. Wide of Zhang speaking
5. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Zhang Youxia, Vice Chairman of China's Central Military Commission:
"The Chinese people uphold peace and have no intention of fighting a cold or hot war with any country. However, territorial sovereignty brooks no infringement, and its core interests cannot be challenged. We do not provoke trouble, but we will never flinch in the face of provocation. The Chinese military will resolutely defend the reunification and interest of the motherland."

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ARCHIVE: Beijing - 8 March 2025
6. Various exteriors of Great Hall of the People
7. Wide of plenary session of China's National People’s Congress
8. Close of Zhang during session
STORYLINE:
The Chinese military's top general is being investigated for suspected serious violations of discipline and law the Defense Ministry said Saturday.

Zhang Youxia, the senior of the two vice chairs of the powerful Central Military Commission, is the latest figure to fall in a long-running purge of military officials.

Analysts believe the purges are designed both to reform the military and to ensure loyalty to Chinese leader Xi Jinping, who also chairs the military commission.

They are part of a broader anti-corruption drive that has punished more than 200,000 officials since Xi came to power in 2012.

Another member of the commission, Liu Zhenli, has also been placed under investigation by China's ruling Communist Party, a Defense Ministry statement said.

Liu is the chief of staff of the commission's Joint Staff Department.

The commission is the top military body in China.

The statement did not provide any details on the alleged wrongdoing.

Zhang, who is 75, joined the People's Liberation Army in 1968 and is a general from its ground forces.

The Communist Party expelled the other vice chair of the commission, He Weidong, last October and replaced him with commission member Zhang Shengmin.

In 2024, the party expelled two former defense ministers over corruption charges.

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