China’s top military body has ordered a sweeping overhaul to restore the credibility of political leaders as the commission ...

A new wave of purges has engulfed the senior leadership of China’s military, the People’s Liberation Army. Since the 20th ...

The guidelines follow a series of scandals that have seen a dozen senior PLA commanders being placed under investigation.

Chinese President Xi Jinping's absence from public view, appearing only twice in videos in over a month, amid a military purge and economic challenges, has fuelled speculation of a power shift in the ...

Chinese President missing from BRICS for the first time in 12 years has paved way to the speculations about his successor.

Before the sackings in late June 2025, two Ministers of Defence, a Minister of Foreign Affairs and several other key figures ...

China's top legislature has voted to remove senior military official Miao Hua from the Central Military Commission, its highest-level military command body, according to a statement published on ...

General He Weidong, a vice-chairman of the Communist Party’s Central Military Commission and China’s number two-ranked ...

The recent purges also affected two former defence ministers and several officers of the mysterious Rocket Force, the unit in charge of China's nuclear arsenal.

If Xi rushes into conflict to reassert his power, the fallout could be enormous. A failed invasion would shake China’s ...

China removes senior military official Miao Hua from Central Military Commission in anti-corruption purge led by President Xi Jinping.