Water in Missiles, Generals in Chains: Inside China’s 2025 Military Corruption Storm
The Great Purge 2.0: Xi Jinping Is Eating His Own Generals November 24, 2025 Something extraordinary is happening inside the People’s Liberation Army, and for once the Chinese Communist Party isn’t even pretending it’s routine housekeeping. On October 17, 2025, Beijing announced that nine of the country’s most senior military officers—including the number-two uniformed officer in the entire country—had been expelled from the Party and the PLA for “serious violations of discipline.” Translation: they’re finished. Some will disappear into Qincheng Prison; others may simply vanish from history. The name that made the world sit up straight was General He Weidong, Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission, a member of the 24-person Politburo, and until March of this year considered one of Xi Jinping’s most trusted protégés. He hasn’t been seen in public for eight months. Now we know why. This isn’t the first wave of purges—far from it—but it is the...
