Analysts believe the purges are designed both to reform the military and to ensure loyalty to Chinese leader Xi Jinping, who also chairs the military commission. They are part of a broader anti-corruption drive that has punished more than 200,000 officials since Xi came to power in 2012.
How many Generals make this already? Can’t keep up.
Edit. afaik, officially this is probably around 10 since the 2025 purge began.
Also, other source states that, "The secrecy surrounding these cases has been exceptionally high, even by the standards of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The lack of information is particularly striking because some of the dismissed officials were ministers with substantial international profiles. Despite their prominence, they were simply allowed to “disappear” without explanation.