Chinese leader Xi Jinping has emphasized the importance of advancing AI in his first formal meeting of 2026 with ministers.

The investigation of Zhang Youxia shows how power in China’s military depends less on rank or history than on unwavering loyalty to Xi Jinping.

The U.S. diplomat called the investigation against the vice chairman of China's Central Military Commission, Zhang Yuxia, "an important development." Chinese authorities earlier said the senior official was being probed on suspicion of "serious violations of discipline and law," without disclosing details.

The Chinese president’s remarks follow Donald Trump’s unveiling of a 'Board of Peace', raising fears the US seeks to rival the UN.

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

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.

Zhongnanhai, the Communist Party's political center, remains a black box after the ousting of China's most senior general.

He was the only senior military commander in China with enough accumulated authority to serve as a counterbalance to the Chinese president within the regime. Son of a founding general of the People's Liberation Army (PLA),