Xi Purged 101 Chinese Military Leaders Since 2022: Think Tank

Chinese People’s Liberation Army soldiers outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 3, 2025. Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty ImagesA new database of the Chinese communist regime’s military purges provides detailed information on the more than 100 senior military leaders purged since 2022.Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping’s escalating military purges came under the international spotlight this year after two top military officials were accused of corruption. The move drew intense speculation about shifting power dynamics within the regime, as the two officials, who were among Beijing’s senior military leaders with combat experience, allegedly clashed with Xi over Taiwan, and as the regime’s follow-up actions have been highly irregular.