China Probes 2 Top Military Officials for Serious Violations

(Left) Liu Zhenli at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on March 5, 2025; (Right) Chinese Central Military Commission (CMC) Vice Chairman Zhang Youxia attends an official event in Beijing, China, on October 15, 2024. Reuters/Russian Defense MinistryChinese authorities have announced an investigation into two of the country’s most senior military officials, accusing them of “serious violations of discipline and law,” according to a Jan. 24 statement from China’s defense ministry.The officials named were Zhang Youxia, a member of the Chinese Communist Party’s Politburo and vice chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), and Liu Zhenli, a member of the CMC who also serves as chief of the Joint Staff Department of the CMC.