President Xi Jinping of China and Gen. Fang Fenghui in August at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. General Fang apparently was purged soon after this photo was taken. Credit Pool photo by Andy Wong
New York Times: Xi Jinping Presses Military Overhaul, and Two Generals Disappear
BEIJING — He was one of China’s most prominent commanders, with hopes of rising higher. So when Gen. Fang Fenghui disappeared from public view, it sent a clear warning to the top leaders of the People’s Liberation Army: President Xi Jinping was not done shaking up their once-unassailable ranks.
General Fang, the chief of the army’s Joint Staff Department, was not the only military leader to fall ahead of next week’s Communist Party congress. Gen. Zhang Yang, the director of the military’s political department, also vanished from sight. Their names have not appeared in the Chinese news media for more than a month, when their successors were announced with no fanfare.
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