With the fall of He Weidong, the No. 3 figure in China’s military hierarchy, Xi Jinping’s purges have reached the top of the People’s Liberation Army.
China announced on Friday that one its top military commanders had been dismissed and would be prosecuted on charges of corruption and abuse of power, confirming that the Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s extraordinary succession of purges in the People’s … [1722 chars]
Source: The New York Times | Published: 2025-10-17T12:39:07Z
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