China Removes 2 Top Military Officials

Chinese Central Military Commission (CMC) Vice Chairman Zhang Youxia attends an official event in Qingdao, China, on April 22, 2024. Florence Lo/File Photo /ReutersChinese authorities have announced an investigation into two of the country’s most senior military officials, accusing them of suspected “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.