Ousted Top Military Officials Get Public Humiliation via China State Television Program

Ousted Top Military Officials Get Public Humiliation via China State Television Program
Army recruits training at a base in Xining, Qinghai Province, China, on December 26, 2005. China Photos/Getty Images
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Chinese officials who get ousted by the Party usually get a quiet send-off: a closed-door show trial, then an official statement about their sentencing is the common protocol.
But a recent television program that aired on CCTV (China Central Television), the state mouthpiece broadcaster, showed footage from three top military officials’ court hearings.