Why has China purged its highest-ranked military general?
When news emerged at the weekend that one of China's most decorated generals had been purged, rumours swirled around Beijing.
The official line was that Zhang Youxia, and later another top general, had been ousted from their jobs due to “serious violations of discipline and law”.
That is widely understood as code for corruption but no more details were forthcoming.
This led to speculation that the reason Chinese president Xi Jinping took the action against Zhang, a man believed to be untouchable because of his military background and his long, personal relationship with the president, was…
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