Chinese General’s Absence From CCP’s Top Military Body Further Fuels Purge Speculation

Half of the members of the communist regime’s Central Military Committee have ‘disappeared.’

Vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China Zhang Youxia and He Weidong (front), swears an oath with members of the Central Military Commission after they were appointed during the fourth plenary session of the National People's Congress on March 11, 2023 in Beijing, China. Lintao Zhang/Getty Images

Liu Zhenli, a member of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) top military body, the Central Military Commission (CMC), was not seen at a recent political meeting, fueling speculations over his whereabouts amid reports on top military leaders being purged by Party leadership.

The CMC comprises seven members, with CCP leader Xi Jinping as chairman, Generals He Weidong and Zhang Youxia as two vice-chairmen, and Gen. Liu, Li Shangfu, Zhang Shengming, and Miao Hua as the other four members.