CCP Purges

(Left) Liu Zhenli at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on March 11, 2023; (Right) Chinese Central Military Commission (CMC) Vice Chairman Zhang Youxia attends an official event in Qingdao, China, on April 22, 2024. Greg Baker/Florence Lo/Reuters

The Chinese regime has launched an investigation into the military’s most senior general, an unexpected development that raises fresh questions about the country’s armed forces’ readiness and the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) ability to mount an invasion of Taiwan.

The Ministry of National Defense announced an investigation into Gen. Zhang Youxia, the first deputy chairman of the Central Military Commission and a member of the elite Politburo, in a two-line statement on Jan. 24.