Insider Reveals How Zhang Youxia Was Taken From China’s Military Headquarters

An insider describes how the senior Chinese military leader was removed from the August 1st Building as Beijing later tightened security.

A policeman stands near a row of surveillance cameras in front of the Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court in Beijing on March 31, 2022. Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images

The sudden downfall of Zhang Youxia, vice chairman of China’s powerful Central Military Commission, has triggered heightened security throughout Beijing, fueling speculation about increasing instability within the Chinese regime’s armed forces.

Zhang, one of the highest-ranking officers in the People’s Liberation Army, was officially announced in recent days as being “under investigation,” along with Liu Zhenli, a member of the Central Military Commission (CMC) who also serves as chief of its Joint Staff Department. However, details surrounding Zhang’s removal remain opaque, in accordance with the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) long-standing practice of tightly controlling information about internal power struggles.

Detained Inside Military Headquarters

An insider from within the Chinese military told The Epoch Times that Zhang was taken away on the spot just before an internal meeting at the CMC’s headquarters in Beijing. Security arrangements at the venue had been adjusted in advance.