By ousting his top generals, Xi Jinping has secured absolute control, but has also hollowed out the command structure preparing for possible war over Taiwan.

Within China, it suggests tensions between Mr Xi and his political allies on the one hand and a large section of the military ...

Xi Jinping purges two generals. Albanese visits Timor-Leste to fast-track gas. Pro-regime party wins Myanmar election.

For years, China has been working to tackle widespread corruption within its massive army. But with the toppling of a popular ...

The CCP-state and the world’s biggest army, the PLA, face their most serious crisis for decades. Since 18 January the CCP’s ...

China’s President Xi Jinping has shaken Beijing after ordering a probe into his closest PLA ally, General Zhang Youxia, with ...

The ousting of China's top general, Zhang Youxia, deprives the US of a crucial military contact. His departure highlights ...

The unexpected dismissal of Zhang Youxia, a senior figure in China's military, has disrupted U.S.-China military ...

China indicated that an anti-graft purge roiling the People’s Liberation Army won’t impede its plans for eventually taking control of self-run Taiwan, while also brushing aside doubts about the effect ...

In this week’s episode of China Insider, Miles Yu covers the recent Chinese Communist Party investigations into the vice ...

As The Economist went to press, Britain’s prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer, was visiting China’s president, Xi Jinping, the ...

Rubio on Wednesday said that the US is watching developments in China closely after Beijing removed a top general in its ...