China Removes 9 Senior Officers as Military Purges Escalate

No reason was given for their dismissals. 

Delegates from the Chinese military walk together as they arrive at the closing session of China's rubber-stamp legislature, the National People's Congress, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 11, 2025. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images

The Chinese regime has expelled 9 senior military leaders from a Party-controlled legislature, adding to signs that turbulence continues within the upper echelon of the country’s armed forces.

Li Qiaoming, former commander of the ground forces, was stripped of his membership at the National People’s Congress (NPC), the country’s rubber-stamp legislature, according to state media Xinhua.