China Expels Two Senior Military Generals from Party and Army

China has expelled two senior People's Liberation Army generals from the Communist Party in what analysts describe as the latest wave of Xi Jinping's sweeping anti-corruption drive targeting the military's top brass.

The generals, whose names have been reported in Chinese state media, were accused of serious violations of party discipline and law — a formulation typically used in China to refer to corruption, bribery, or abuse of power. Both were also dismissed from their military positions.

The expulsions continue a pattern that has seen dozens of senior military figures removed over the past several years. Xi has made reforming and tightening party control over the PLA a central priority of his leadership, partly to ensure military loyalty and partly to root out what he describes as systemic corruption left over from earlier eras.

Among those previously removed were two former defense ministers, several rocket force commanders, and multiple members of the Central Military Commission — suggesting the investigation has reached the highest echelons of China's military hierarchy.

Western analysts have raised questions about the impact on PLA combat readiness and whether the purges reflect genuine anti-corruption efforts or also serve to sideline potential political rivals within the military-party apparatus.