Chinese leader XI JINPING’s removal of two of China’s most senior military leaders last week could boost Pentagon efforts to counter China’s growing military muscle in the Indo-Pacific. Zhang and Liu ...

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Tokyo | The sudden purge of China’s most senior generals has sparked huge upheaval in the People’s Liberation Army, scrambled Beijing’s military planning and likely reduced the near-term risk of a ...

Why it mattersIn China, the gun decides everything.The Communist Party came to power through civil war, and it has never forgotten Mao Zedong’s dictum that “political power grows out of the barrel of ...

In 1757, a firing squad executed Adm. John Byng on the deck of a Royal Navy warship for “failing to do his utmost” in pursuing the enemy during a battle in the Seven Years’ War. As Voltaire put it, ...

BEIJING — The downfall of China’s top general, second in command and once a close ally of President Xi Jinping, has thrown the leadership of the country’s military into turmoil and raised questions ...

Xi's purge of top general paints a fascinating picture of power and control within a ruthless and unforgiving system General Zhang Youxia's removal marks the most senior scalp taken in a spate of high ...

The PLA is in a major crisis, with a level of leadership instability unseen since the heyday of the Cultural Revolution. PLA General Zhang Youxia, pictured here during a 2017 meeting with Russia’s ...

China's top general has been removed and placed under investigation for misconduct in Chinese President Xi Jinping's latest purge of leading military commanders. Gen. Zhang Youxia is being ...

China has opened an investigation into Zhang Youxia, the country’s most senior serving general after President Xi Jinping, in what analysts describe as one of the most consequential military purges in ...

Among China’s generals, one had long seemed immune to sweeping purges of the high command in the past two years. Zhang Youxia, its most senior uniformed officer, was not just a personal friend of Xi ...

This story was produced by the Oregon Journalism Project, a nonprofit newsroom covering the state. As Oregon kicks off a general election year, Secretary of State Tobias Read is taking what he says is ...