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“US intelligence indicates that President Xi Jinping’s sweeping military purge came after it emerged that widespread corruption undermined his efforts to modernize the armed forces and raised questions about China’s ability to fight a war,“ Bloomberg reports.“The corruption inside Chin

Behind the walled government and military compounds of the Chinese capital, powerful generals have disappeared from public view one after another. Experts point to a corruption purge as the likely cause.

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Lai Ching-te continues to lead in the polls. Polls from all major organizations in Taiwan show that Lai maintains a lead of at least three percentage points over Kuomintang (KMT) candidate Hou

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Xi Jinping recently axed nine senior military officers, including three from the PLA's Rocket Force, Reuters reported.

Nine top generals were removed from Beijing’s rubber-stamp parliament last Friday.

The purge of several commanders from China’s legislature was the latest sign of widening investigations focused on the sensitive arms sector, experts say.

Nine high-ranking Chinese military figures were recently removed as delegates to the countrys Communist Party-run legislature, without official explanation. The move indicates that President Xi Jinpings latest offensive to root out alleged corruption and other misconduct in the Peoples Liberation Army has been gaining momentum and is focused on the politically sensitive agencies responsible for developing weapons and military installations.

Even as Chairman Xi Jinping promised that Taiwan would be "reunified" with the mainland, Chinas newly appointed defence minister was making himself comfortable in the office of his predecessor, who disappeared after being ensnared in a scandal.

The Post’s tally shows the anti-corruption watchdog detained a record 45 high-ranking officials last year, the most since Xi Jinping’s corruption crackdown was launched in 2013.