BeijingXi’s own military commission now has just two members.
Loyalty to Xi, not command experience, now decides who leads China’s military.
Beijing expelled Zhang Youxia, the commission’s vice-chairman, and Liu Zhenli, its joint staff chief, for forming factions and taking bribes.
“Zhang was presented as proof a new generation would stay loyal to the revolution,” said Joseph Torigian, a China scholar.
Their cases go to military prosecutors, days before Xi meets Trump in Washington.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 60+ reports worldwide
- Dawn
- Al Jazeera Online
- identifies Zhang Youxia as Xi's closest military ally, cites charges of clique formation and disloyalty marking purge into supreme command
- MoneyControl
Sources: Dawn, Al Jazeera Online, MoneyControl