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>President Xi has achieved total control of China's armed forces after removing a top general over alleged 'violations of discipline and law'.
Zhang Youxia is the latest high-ranking figure subjected to Xi Jinping's long-running purge of military officials.
The move is said to have fuelled fresh uncertainty over the country's invasion of Taiwan amid doubts Mr Xi could pull off the contingency with 'no senior leaders in charge'.
Gen Zhang, the operational leader of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) had survived several round of removals and was previously thought safe in his role as a close childhood friend of the president.
Archive: https://archive.today/kjuB3
From the post:
>>President Xi has achieved total control of China's armed forces after removing a top general over alleged 'violations of discipline and law'.
Zhang Youxia is the latest high-ranking figure subjected to Xi Jinping's long-running purge of military officials.
The move is said to have fuelled fresh uncertainty over the country's invasion of Taiwan amid doubts Mr Xi could pull off the contingency with 'no senior leaders in charge'.
Gen Zhang, the operational leader of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) had survived several round of removals and was previously thought safe in his role as a close childhood friend of the president.
