China's two most powerful soldiers under investigation: Inside the People's Liberation Army shake-up

China is investigating two high-ranking military officials, Gen. Zhang Youxia and Gen. Liu Zhenli, for alleged breaches of ...

Status of People’s Liberation Army in ‘existential question’ after Xi Jinping’s latest purge

Council on Foreign Relations’ Joseph Torigian claims the status of the People’s Liberation Army is in “existential question” ...
War on the Rocks

Can the 15th Five-Year Plan Fix the People’s Liberation Army’s Procurement Bottlenecks?

China’s newly released 15th Five-Year Plan (2026–2030) proposal, unveiled after the Fourth Party Plenum in October 2025, not only marks Beijing’s quest to achieve the People’s Liberation Army’s goal ...
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China utilizes 'wolf robots' for first time in live-fire exercise simulating Taiwan landing

Chinese state broadcaster China Central Television broadcast Chinese People’s Liberation Army conducting a drill using four-legged “wolf robots.” [CCTV] Chinese People’s Liberation Army has for the ...
UPI

Chinese president fires 9 top military officers, citing corruption

Oct. 17 (UPI) --Chinese President Xi Jinping has expelled nine of his top military generals from the People's Liberation Army for what China says is corruption, including the country's number two ...
The National Interest

The Chinese Military’s Rotten Core

New internal ethics guidelines won’t be enough to stamp out the deeply embedded corruption within China’s People’s Liberation Army. On December 19, 2025, when the Chinese Central Military Commission’s ...
The New York Times

Xi’s Military Purges Show Unease About China’s Nuclear Forces

The shake-up in China’s armed forces comes as both Beijing and Washington are pushing through major changes in their country’s militaries, in different ways. By David Pierson Reporting from Hong Kong ...