00:00You
00:15Just days ago,
00:20China's military establishment was shaken by a report so...
00:25It sent shockwaves through Beijing and far beyond.
00:30A man once considered untouchable, one of President Xi Jinping's
00:35closest allies has suddenly disappeared from power.
00:40General Zhang Yusha.
00:42At 75 years old, Zhang Yusha is not just...
00:47He is the vice chairman of China's Central Military Commission.
00:52The body that directly controls the People's Liberation Army.
00:56His military career spans more than six decades.
01:00He fought in the 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War and...
01:05For years, he was seen as a key operational commander, a man who helped...
01:10He turned Xi Jinping's orders into military reality.
01:15His connection ran deep.
01:17Their fathers were revolutionary comrades.
01:20They grew up in the same political ecosystem.
01:23For many inside China...
01:25Zhang was considered part of Xi's inner circle.
01:29Until now...
01:30On January 24th, 2026, reports...
01:35The reports emerged that Zhang Yusha had been removed from his post...
01:39And placed under...
01:40On December 24th, 294,500...
01:41And placed under...
01:42"... a criminal investigation for what Beijing calls....
01:43serious violations..."
01:44The police learned...
01:45Knowing that the American history was theichten and the...
01:46In the past, they were not represented.
01:47A man who participated in a criminal investigation...
01:48For what Beijing calls...
01:49Serious violations.
01:50For what Beijing calls...
01:51For what Beijing calls...
01:52Serious violations...
01:53For what is Beijing calls...
01:54For what Beijing calls...
01:55For what Beijing llam...
01:56For what Beijing calls...
01:57For what Beijing calls...
01:59to the United States.
02:01Let that sink in.
02:03This could include
02:04sensitive details about
02:05warhead design,
02:07delivery systems,
02:08or China.
02:09China's atomic capabilities.
02:11If true,
02:12it would represent
02:13one of the most
02:14serious security breaches
02:16in Chinese history.
02:18The case
02:19doesn't stop there.
02:21Zhang is also accused
02:22of accepting bribes
02:23to promote
02:24of a colleague
02:25to defense minister
02:26and of forming
02:27so-called political cliques
02:29in the PLA.
02:30In Chinese political language,
02:32that phrase signals
02:34disloyalty.
02:36Key evidence
02:37reportedly came
02:38from Gu Jun,
02:39former head
02:40of the China National
02:41Nuclear Corporation,
02:42who himself
02:43is under...
02:44investigation
02:45in a broader purge
02:46of the defense
02:47and nuclear sectors.
02:49Notably,
02:50Beijing has said
02:51nothing,
02:52publicly,
02:53about any nuclear
02:54leak.
02:55No details,
02:56no evidence released,
02:57no confirmation...
02:59from Washington.
03:00This opaqueness
03:01is typical
03:02of high-level
03:03CCP investments.
03:04investigations,
03:05where charges of espionage
03:06are often kept broad
03:08and closed...
03:09closed to public scrutiny.
03:11Here's where analysts
03:12say this case
03:13gets...
03:14even bigger.
03:15Since taking power
03:17in 2012,
03:18she...
03:19Xi Jinping
03:20has purged
03:21more than 100
03:22senior military officers
03:23under the...
03:24banner of anti-corruption.
03:26Experts argue
03:27these moves
03:28are not just about...
03:29cleaning up graft,
03:30but about...
03:31consolidating power...
03:32eliminating rivals...
03:34and enforcing absolute loyalty.
03:37Zhang's fall is stunning...
03:39because he was seen...
03:40as too close to Xi...
03:42to ever be touched.
03:44which sends a clear message...
03:46no one...
03:47is safe.
03:48The time...
03:49claiming...
03:50is critical.
03:51This comes after the removal...
03:52of former defense ministers...
03:54Li Shang Fu...
03:55and Wei Feng Ha...
03:56in 2023 and 2024.
03:59with Zhang gone...
04:01Xi is now the...
04:02undisputed power...
04:03inside the...
04:04central military commission.
04:06Analysts say this...
04:07may be about...
04:08preparing the...
04:09PLA for long-term goals...
04:11including...
04:12a potential move...
04:13on Taiwan...
04:14as the military...
04:15approaches its...
04:162027th...
04:17centennial.
04:18In...
04:19implications...
04:20while...
04:21Chinese state media...
04:22frames this...
04:23as routine...
04:24anti-corruption...
04:25western...
04:26and independent...
04:27analyses...
04:28warn...
04:29it could...
04:29damage...
04:30military morale...
04:31create...
04:32paranoia among...
04:33officers...
04:34and undermine...
04:34their readiness...
04:35at the same time...
04:36it...
04:37reinforces...
04:38Xi Jinping's...
04:39image...
04:39is an uncompromising...
04:40leader...
04:41one willing to...
04:42sacrifice...
04:43even his...
04:44close...
04:44closest allies...
04:45to...
04:46maintain...
04:47control...
04:48for now...
04:49the investigation...
04:49continues...
04:50in...
04:51silence...
04:52no...
04:53trial...
04:54no...
04:54public...
04:55evidence...
04:56but one thing...
04:57is clear...
04:58the fall...
04:59of...
04:59bitation...
05:00the révolution...
05:01neuschah...
05:02is not just...
05:03a corruption...
05:04case...
05:05it...
05:06is a window...
05:08into...
05:09the hybrid...
05:10draft...
05:11of...
05:13the political...
05:14of...
05:15a...
05:16smith...
05:17in...
05:18and...
05:21theash...
05:22Without...
05:23themวก...
05:24aці...
05:25not...
05:26is...
05:27geht
05:33China's military hierarchy has been shaken to...
05:38In a stunning move, President Xi Jinping has removed China's...
05:43two most senior generals, triggering the biggest purge inside the people...
05:48liberation army in decades.
05:50With investigation...
05:53announced against top commanders and nearly two-thirds of senior officers...
05:58now sidelined or under scrutiny, a chilling question is surfacing far...
06:03beyond Beijing.
06:04Is Xi consolidating absolute control?
06:08Or does this expose fear of a potential coup from within?
06:13Beijing confirmed that Zhang Yaoxia, first vice chairman of the Central Military...
06:18Commission and China's top uniformed officer, is under investigation.
06:23Alongside him, Liu Zhenli, chief of the PLA's Joint Staff...
06:28Department has also fallen.
06:30Their removal leaves the Supreme Military Committee...
06:33command effectively reduced to Xi Jinping himself and one other...
06:38loyalist overseeing discipline.
06:43a system built on hierarchy and stability.
06:46This kind of vacuum is extraordinary.
06:48and deeply unsettling.
06:53Timing is everything.
06:54The purge comes just ahead of two critical milestones...
06:58the Communist Party's 21st Congress...
07:01and the PLA's 100th Congress...
07:03anniversary.
07:04Both central to Xi's vision of a model...
07:08modern, loyal fighting force.
07:12Chinese state...
07:13media insists this is about discipline and anti-corruption...
07:17but analysts...
07:18say removing such senior figures...
07:20this close to major political events...
07:23is risky...
07:24unless...
07:25she believes...
07:26the threat...
07:27is real.
07:28state outlets accused the generals...
07:32of undermining...
07:33the CMC chairman responsibility system...
07:36the doctrine that gives Xi Jinping...
07:38final say...
07:39over every military decision...
07:41that accusation...
07:42is...
07:43critical...
07:44it suggests...
07:45not just corruption...
07:46but disloyalty...
07:47the ultimate...
07:48red line...
07:49in Xi's China.
07:52In PLA language...
07:53this is as close as Beijing gets...
07:55to accusing senior officers...
07:57of...
07:58challenging...
07:59the leader himself.
08:02Zhang Yaoxiao...
08:03downfall...
08:04is especially shocking...
08:05he wasn't just...
08:06a top general...
08:07he was...
08:08a trusted insider...
08:09with family ties...
08:10to Xi Jinping...
08:11dating back...
08:12to the...
08:13civil war era...
08:14promoted...
08:15despite being...
08:16past retirement age...
08:17Zhang was seen...
08:18as untouchable...
08:19his sudden removal...
08:20sends...
08:21a brutal message...
08:22loyalty...
08:23offers...
08:24no immunity...
08:25if Xi senses...
08:26even a hint...
08:27of dissent...
08:28does this mean...
08:29Xi fears a coup?
08:30Chinese leadership...
08:31will never say it...
08:32but history...
08:33offers clues...
08:34authoritarian systems...
08:37often purge...
08:38elites...
08:39not when they are...
08:40strongest...
08:41but when leaders...
08:42fear fragmentation...
08:43with...
08:43economic stress...
08:44global pressure...
08:45and rising...
08:46military ambition...
08:47Xi...
08:48appears...
08:49determined...
08:50to leave nothing...
08:51and no one...
08:52unchecked...
08:54Xi...
08:55calls this...
08:56self-revolution...
08:57purging the party...
08:58to...
08:58preserve its rule...
08:59but revolutions...
09:00inside armies...
09:01are never...
09:02without risk...
09:03by sidelining...
09:04so many...
09:05senior officers...
09:06she may be...
09:07tightening control...
09:08or...
09:09quietly...
09:10admitting...
09:11that absolute power...
09:12requires...
09:13absolute...
09:13fear...
09:16in China's...
09:17military...
09:18the message...
09:18is now...
09:19unmistakable...
09:20obedience...
09:21isn't enough...
09:22only...
09:23total...
09:23loyalty...
09:24ensures...
09:25survival...
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