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How China’s leader lost faith in his generals

The Japan Times·Chris Buckley·21 days ago
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Chinese President Xi Jinping walks past honor guard members as he arrives for a ceremony to mark Martyrs’ Day, a day ahead of the National Day on Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Sept. 30, 2025.

Chinese President Xi Jinping walks past honor guard members as he arrives for a ceremony to mark Martyrs’ Day, a day ahead of the National Day on Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Sept. 30, 2025. | REUTERS

The purge China’s leader, Xi Jinping, has inflicted on the military elite was plain to see at a recent legislative meeting. A year earlier, state television footage showed around 40 generals in the room. This time, there were only a handful.

Yet Xi indicated that an upheaval that rivaled those of the Mao Zedong era was not over. Stony-faced, he warned the remaining officers to beware of disloyalty.

“The military,” he said, “must never have anyone who harbors a divided heart toward the party.”

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