A new database of the Chinese communist regime’s military purges provides detailed information on the more than 100 senior military leaders purged since 2022.
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping’s escalating military purges came under international spotlight this year after the two top military officials were accused of corruption. The move drew intense speculation about shifting power dynamics within the regime, as the two officials, who were among the senior military leaders with combat experience, allegedly clashed with Xi over Taiwan, and the regime’s follow-up actions have been highly irregular.
The database was published Feb. 24 by the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ China Power Project. It names 101 senior People’s Liberation Army (PLA) leaders who were purged or are potentially purged since 2022; some were officially expelled, dismissed, suspended, and/or investigated, while others are missing and may have been purged….
101 China PLA Leaders Purged Since 2022: Think Tank
