A Chinese paramilitary policeman stands guard outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Feb. 26, 2025. Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty Images
The Chinese military’s chief anti-corruption enforcer has risen to become the country’s second-most senior uniformed officer, filling a vacancy created by the disappearance and removal of a top general, who was seen as a close ally of the Party’s top leader, Xi Jinping.
Gen. Zhang Shengmin, a veteran political commissar, has been officially promoted to the second-ranked vice chairman of the Central Military Committee (CMC), the Party agency that controls the armed forces.
