Purges of top generals means China’s leader has a freer hand to deal with the self-ruled island that Beijing claims as its own.

By ousting his top generals, Xi Jinping has secured absolute control but also hollowed out the command structure preparing for possible war over Taiwan.

R ISK COMES naturally to Cheng Li-wun, Taiwan’s opposition leader. She began her career as a student activist in the 1990s, ...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s decision to place the country’s top-ranking general under investigation is a stunning move that ...

China's highest-ranked military general’s purge leaves President Xi Jinping almost alone at the helm of the military. Despite ...

This is an unprecedented move in the history of the Chinese army. Purges in the ranks of China's generals have left virtually ...

His sweeping military shake-up may look like weakness, but it’s clearing the way for a more dangerous force under his full ...

As The Economist went to press, Britain’s prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer, was visiting China’s president, Xi Jinping, the ...

This is a reminder coming directly from President Xi Jinping that political loyalty stands well before combat readiness,” one ...

At the press of a button, the lids of the missile silos in western China should open to launch nuclear weapons capable of ...

In the immediate term, Gen. Zhang’s removal and the inevitable chaos this will cause within the PLA’s leadership, “probably ...

President Xi Jinping’s move to probe his top general and one-time ally Zhang Youxia is the most stunning development yet in ...