Purges of top generals means China’s leader has a freer hand to deal with the self-ruled island that Beijing claims as its own.

By ousting his top generals, Xi Jinping has secured absolute control but also hollowed out the command structure preparing for possible war over Taiwan.

R ISK COMES naturally to Cheng Li-wun, Taiwan’s opposition leader. She began her career as a student activist in the 1990s, ...

The scandal – or some form of it – appears to have driven Xi Jinping, China’s president, to remove the entire leadership of ...

This is an unprecedented move in the history of the Chinese army. Purges in the ranks of China's generals have left virtually ...

His sweeping military shake-up may look like weakness, but it’s clearing the way for a more dangerous force under his full ...

As The Economist went to press, Britain’s prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer, was visiting China’s president, Xi Jinping, the ...

China's highest-ranked military general’s purge leaves President Xi Jinping almost alone at the helm of the military. Despite ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s (習近平) latest purge of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) leadership might have been prompted by the military’s opposition to plans of invading Taiwan, the Epoch ...

This is a reminder coming directly from President Xi Jinping that political loyalty stands well before combat readiness,” one ...

In the immediate term, Gen. Zhang’s removal and the inevitable chaos this will cause within the PLA’s leadership, “probably ...

Zhang Youxia, a top military general and vice-chairman of the body in overall command of China’s military forces, was removed ...