A combat veteran, Zhang Youxia was once seen as the most trusted man in Xi Jinping’s military. Now he is the most public example of disloyalty to Mr. Xi.

In another twist, the Wall Street Journal reported that Zhang was accused of leaking information about the country’s nuclear-weapons program to the US, as well as accepting bribes for key promotions, including for the post of defense minister and key positions in the military procurement system.

China’s investigation into its top general is taking President Xi Jinping’s years-long corruption purge into his innermost circle, underlining that even close personal ties do not offer protection when it comes to loyalty to the party leadership.

In a bombshell announcement, China's Ministry of Defence has said it is investigating General Zhang Youxia, China's most senior general and a man who was second only to Xi Jinping himself on China's top military decision-making body.

President Xi Jinping’s move to probe his top general and one-time ally Zhang Youxia is the most stunning development yet in China’s biggest military purge in roughly half a century. It also has implications for Taiwan,

The removal of Zhang and Liu reduces the CMC to its smallest size in history, leaving as its only members Xi, who heads the body, and Zhang Shengmin, a political commissar who leads the military’s anti-corruption watchdog and was promoted to CMC vice-chair in October.

BEIJING/SAO PAULO, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Chinese leader Xi Jinping assured his Brazilian counterpart on Friday that China would stand by Latin America's biggest economy and the Global South, and called for both nations to maintain the role of the United Nations,

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva vowed to deepen bilateral ties during a phone call, projecting unity as President Donald Trump raises concern about major changes to the world order.