Beijings Military Purge Widening, Insider Says

Members from the People’s Liberation Army Band leave after the opening of the NPC, or National People’s Congress, at the Great Hall of the People on in Beijing on March 5, 2024. Kevin Frayer/Getty ImagesWith the expulsion of nine top generals on the eve of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) Fourth Plenum, ongoing power shifts within the military leadership appeared to reach a climax. But a far broader purge is now underway, according to one China analyst with sources high in the party, who says that many more senior officers are implicated.On Oct. 18, U.S.-based veteran political commentator Cai Shenkun—who has ties within the CCP establishment—told The Epoch Times that in addition to the nine generals already named, four more are now under investigation.