How Purges Are Affecting Chinese Military Readiness and Taiwan Contingencies– warontherocks.com

Since 2022, Chinese General Secretary Xi Jinping has purged at least 100 senior military officials, according to a February report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, with more cases occurring since then. The rate of dismissals and disappearances has increased substantially in the last two years. Recent examples include Gen. Zhang Youxia, Gen. Liu Zhenli, and Zhong Shaojun, formerly the head of the General Office of the Central Military Commission. Many of these officials have been accused of corruption, with some facing trial.These widespread purges have fundamentally changed the high command of China’s military at a time when the country is working to build up its military capabilities.